“We refuse to be treated as the doormat for the government to wipe its jackboots on.”— Desmond Tutu, en.wikiquote.orgTagged: Refuse, Respect, Doormat, Government, Treatment
“God has such a deep reverence for our freedom that he'd rather let us freely go to Hell than be compelled to go to Heaven.”— Desmond Tutu, en.wikiquote.orgTagged: God, Freedom, Free Will, Free, Hell
“Resentment and anger are bad for your blood pressure and your digestion.”— Desmond Tutu, en.wikiquote.orgTagged: resentment, Anger, Blood Pressure, Health, Digestion
“Without forgiveness there can be no future for a relationship between individuals or within and between nations.”— Desmond Tutu, en.wikiquote.orgTagged: forgiveness, Future, Relationship, Individual, nation
“We don't want apartheid liberalized. We want it dismantled. You can't improve something that is intrinsically evil.”— Desmond Tutu, en.wikiquote.orgTagged: apartheid , liberalize, Dismantle, improve, Evil
“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.”— Desmond Tutu, en.wikiquote.orgTagged: Warning, warn, Fear, Fall, Crash
“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.”— Desmond Tutu, en.wikiquote.orgTagged: Hear, Listen, Ask, message, say
“I am fifty-two years of age. I am a bishop in the Anglican Church, and a few people might be constrained to say that I was reasonably responsible. In the land of my birth I cannot vote, whereas a young person of eighteen can vote. And why? Because he or she possesses that wonderful biological attrib…”— Desmond Tutu, en.wikiquote.orgTagged: Age, Religion, Anglican , Church, vote