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.

Quote by Desmond Tutu

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You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to...

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to...

My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.

My humanity is bound up in yours, for we can only be human together.

We would like to see you departing peacefully.

We would like to see you departing peacefully.

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

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

When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land....

When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land....

Without forgiveness, there's no future.

Without forgiveness, there's no future.

You must show the world that you abhor fighting.

You must show the world that you abhor fighting.

A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.

A person is a person because he recognizes others as persons.

I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.

I am a leader by default, only because nature does not allow a vacuum.

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to...

You don't choose your family. They are God's gift to you, as you are to...

What is black empowerment when it seems to benefit not the vast majority but an...

What is black empowerment when it seems to benefit not the vast majority but an...

I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of...

I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of...

Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good...

Do your little bit of good where you are; its those little bits of good...

Those who invest in South Africa should not think they are doing us a favor;...

Those who invest in South Africa should not think they are doing us a favor;...

Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart...

Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart...

When a pile of cups is tottering on the edge of the table and you...

When a pile of cups is tottering on the edge of the table and you...

Niger is not an isolated island of desperation. It lies within a sea of problems...

Niger is not an isolated island of desperation. It lies within a sea of problems...

In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen...

In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen...

We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft...

We may be surprised at the people we find in heaven. God has a soft...

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

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