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Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are.

~Desmond Tutu

Topics: Capacity Children Expose Extraordinary Gift Heart See Sham Things Wonderful

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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.

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Topics: About Accomplish Become Child Dreams Face Future Might See Think

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And every human being is precious.

~Desmond Tutu

Topics: Being Every Human Human Being Precious

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Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that's where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency.

~Desmond Tutu

Topics: Because Confidence Considerable Courage Down Enemy Guy Hate Leader Most Must Own Peace Sit Talk Very Where You Your

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In the Bible, we first encounter God when he sides with a bunch of slaves against a powerful Pharaoh, an act of grace freely given.

~Desmond Tutu

Topics: Act Against Bible Bunch Encounter First Freely Given God Grace He Powerful Sides Slaves

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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

Topics: Attribute Because Biological Birth Cannot Eighteen He He Or She Land Person Possesses She Skin Vote Whereas White Why Wonderful Young Young Person

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

~Desmond Tutu

Topics: Humankind Laureate Many Nobel Obligation Peace Society Ways You

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Europe became rich because it exploited Africa; and the Africans know that.

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For goodness sake, will they hear, will white people hear what we are trying to say? Please, all we are asking you to do is to recognize that we are humans, too.

~Desmond Tutu

Topics: Asking Goodness Hear Humans People Please Recognize Sake Say Too Trying White Will You

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In South Africa, we could not have achieved our freedom and just peace without the help of people around the world, who through the use of non-violent means, such as boycotts and divestment, encouraged their governments and other corporate actors to reverse decades-long support for the Apartheid regime.

~Desmond Tutu

Topics: Achieved Actor Africa Apartheid Around Boycott Corporate Could Encouraged Freedom Governments Help Just Means Other Our Peace People Regime Reverse South South Africa Support Through Use Who Without World

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Biography

Nationality: South African

Type: Leader

Born: October 7th, 1931

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