When a pile of cups is tottering on the edge of the table and you warn that they will crash to the ground, in South Africa you are blamed when that happens.

Quote by Desmond Tutu

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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.

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...

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....

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...

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...

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

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

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;...

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.

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...

For goodness sake, will they hear, will white people hear what we are trying to...

For goodness sake, will they hear, will white people hear what we are trying to...

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...

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...

Without forgiveness, there's no future

Without forgiveness, there's no future

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...

You must show the world that you abhor fighting.

You must show the world that you abhor fighting.

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...

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

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

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

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

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the...

If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the...