| “ If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. ” ~   Bishop Desmond Tutu
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| “ Don't raise your voice, improve your argument. ” ~   Bishop Desmond Tutu
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“ Freedom translates into having a supply of clean water, having electricity on tap; being able to live in a decent home and have a good job; to be able to send your children to school and to have accessible healthcare. I mean what's the point of having made this transition if the quality of life ... is not enhanced and improved? If not, the vote is useless. ” ~   Bishop Desmond Tutu
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“ A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons. ” ~   Bishop Desmond Tutu
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“ A person is a person through other persons. ” ~   Bishop Desmond Tutu
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“ A person with ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good, for he or she has a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or she belongs in a greater whole and is diminished when others are humiliated or diminished, when others are tortured or oppressed. ” ~   Bishop Desmond Tutu
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“ A person is a person through other persons; you can't be human in isolation; you are human only in relationships. ” ~   Bishop Desmond Tutu
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“ A person with ubuntu is open and available to others, affirming of others, does not feel threatened that others are able and good, for he or she has a proper self-assurance that comes from knowing that he or she belongs in a greater whole and is diminished when others are humiliated or diminished, when others are tortured or oppressed, or treated as if they were less than who they are. ” ~   Bishop Desmond Tutu
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“ At home in South Africa I have sometimes said in big meetings where you have black and white together: 'Raise your hands!' Then I have said: 'Move your hands,' and I've said 'Look at your hands - different colors representing different people. You are the Rainbow People of God.' ” ~   Bishop Desmond Tutu
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“ Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another. ” ~   Bishop Desmond Tutu
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“ Freedom and liberty lose out by default because good people are not vigilant. As quoted in Hope and Suffering: Sermons and Speeches by (1984) ” ~   Bishop Desmond Tutu
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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. ” ~   Bishop Desmond Tutu
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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. ” ~   Bishop Desmond Tutu
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“ Be nice to the whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity. ” ~   Bishop Desmond Tutu
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“ Do your little bit of good where you are; it's those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. ” ~   Bishop Desmond Tutu
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“ Do a little bit of good wherever you are; its those little bits of good put together that overwhelm the world. ” ~   Bishop Desmond Tutu
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“ Dear Child of God, I am sorry to say that suffering is not optional. ” ~   Bishop Desmond Tutu
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“ Forgiveness is an absolute necessity for continued human existence. ” ~   Bishop Desmond Tutu
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“ Be nice to whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity. ” ~   Bishop Desmond Tutu
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“ Forgiving is not forgetting; its actually remembering--remembering and not using your right to hit back. Its a second chance for a new beginning. And the remembering part is particularly important. Especially if you dont want to repeat what happened. ” ~   Bishop Desmond Tutu
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