Desmond Tutu
Desmond Tutu
Desmond Mpilo Tutu, CHis a South African social rights activist and retired Anglican bishop who rose to worldwide fame during the 1980s as an opponent of apartheid...
NationalitySouth African
ProfessionReligious Leader
Date of Birth7 October 1931
CityKlerksdorp, South Africa
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The moment our dignity is undermined, we get up in arms and want to see our dignity restored - especially if we are humiliated.
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It is quite exhilarating to speak about a God who has an incredible bias, a notorious bias in favor of the downtrodden. You look at Exodus and the Israelites' escape from a bottomless pit. God is not evenhanded. God is biased up to his eyebrows.
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It may seem daunting, but I am a prisoner of hope. We are more connected than ever before, we have more knowledge, and there are solutions if we work together. Today's technology is a great asset in encouraging global cooperation and understanding.
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You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.
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I'm absolutely, utterly, and completely certain that God wouldn't be homophobic. I'd much rather go to hell - I really would much rather go to hell - than go to a homophobic heaven.
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We will only truly be free when those in bondage are finally free
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Be nice to the whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity.
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Without forgiveness, there is no future.
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If God, as they say, is homophobic, I wouldn’t worship that God.
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We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose.
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All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others
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A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.
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Exclusion is never the way forward on our shared paths to freedom and justice.
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And every human being is precious.