Desmond Tutu Quotes
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If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality.
Desmond Tutu
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Author Details:
Topic:
History Quotes
Type:
Leader Quotes
Category:
Quotes
Date of Birth:
October 7, 1931
Nationality:
South African
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Select Desmond Tutu Quotations:
A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.
Desmond Tutu
When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said "Let us pray." We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.
Desmond Tutu
Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world.
Desmond Tutu
You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to them.
Desmond Tutu
Without forgiveness, there's no future.
Desmond Tutu
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
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Quote Keywords:

Appreciate,
Chosen,
Elephant,
Foot,
Injustice,
Mouse,
Neutral,
Neutrality,
Oppressor,
Say,
Side,
Situations,
Tail,
Will,
Your
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Dictionary Links:

Appreciate,
Chosen,
Elephant,
Foot,
Injustice,
Mouse,
Neutral,
Neutrality,
Oppressor,
Say,
Side,
Tail,
Will,
Your
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All Desmond Tutu Quotations:
A person is a person because...
Be nice to the whites, they...
Be nice to whites, they need...
Children are a wonderful gift. They...
Do your little bit of good...
For goodness sake, will they hear...
I am a leader by default...
I am not interested in picking...
If you are neutral in situations...
In the land of my birth...
My humanity is bound up in...
Niger is not an isolated island...
Those who invest in South Africa...
We may be surprised at the...
We would like to see you...
What is black empowerment when it...
When a pile of cups is...
When the missionaries came to Africa...
Without forgiveness, there's no future.
You don't choose your family. They...
You must show the world that...
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