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Desmond Tutu

South African Leader

Born: Oct 7, 1931

Africa Because God People South Africa You

Related authors: Buddha Dalai Lama Jesus Christ Julius Caesar Mahatma Gandhi Martin Luther Martin Luther King, Jr. Napoleon Bonaparte

And every human being is precious. Desmond Tutu

Human Being Every Precious Human Being

Be nice to the whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity. Desmond Tutu

You Humanity Be Nice Nice Rediscover Whites Need

When we see the face of a child, we think of the future. We think of their dreams about what they might become, and what they might accomplish. Desmond Tutu

Future Dreams Face Become Think See About Accomplish Child Might

Hate has no place in the house of God. Desmond Tutu

God Hate House Place

I have been to the Occupied Palestinian Territory, and I have witnessed the racially segregated roads and housing that reminded me so much of the conditions we experienced in South Africa under the racist system of Apartheid. Desmond Tutu

Me South Africa System Segregated Roads Reminded Occupied Housing Territory Witnessed Been South Conditions Africa Experienced Apartheid Much Palestinian

In many ways, when you're a Nobel peace laureate, you have an obligation to humankind, to society. Desmond Tutu

You Peace Obligation Society Ways Laureate Nobel Many Humankind

Niger is not an isolated island of desperation. It lies within a sea of problems across Africa - particularly the 'forgotten emergencies' in poor countries or regions with little strategic or material appeal. Desmond Tutu

I think that most of us would prefer to be popular than unpopular. Desmond Tutu

Think Would Unpopular Most Than Prefer Us Popular

In God's family, there are no outsiders, no enemies. Desmond Tutu

God Family Enemies Outsiders

What is black empowerment when it seems to benefit not the vast majority but an elite that tends to be recycled? Desmond Tutu

Black Benefit Seems Vast Vast Majority Tends Recycled Majority Empowerment Elite

The universe can take quite a while to deliver. Desmond Tutu

Universe Take Deliver Quite Quite A While While

It's a blessing that South Africa has a man like Nelson Mandela. Desmond Tutu

Man Blessing South Africa Nelson Nelson Mandela Like South Mandela Africa

In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen can vote. And why? Because he or she possesses that wonderful biological attribute - a white skin. Desmond Tutu

I mean in the South African case, many of those who were part of death squads would have been respectable members of their white community, people who went to church on Sunday, every Sunday. Desmond Tutu

Death People Church Sunday White Community Every Every Sunday Respectable Those Members Would Case Part Were Been South South African Squads African Mean Who Many

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