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Desmond Tutu Quotes
Birthday: | October 7, 1931 |
Educated At: | King's College London, Hamilton College, University Of South Africa, St. Martin's School, Bates College |
Nationality: | South Africa |
Occupations: | Activist, Non-fiction Writer, Cleric, Anglican Priest |
Religion: | Anglicanism |
Spouse: | Nomalizo Leah Tutu |
Total quotes: 22

Desmond Tutu
BirthnameBirthday: October 7, 1931
Educated At: King's College London, Hamilton College, University Of South Africa, St. Martin's School, Bates College
Nationality: South Africa
Occupations: Activist, Non-fiction Writer, Cleric, Anglican Priest
Religion: Anglicanism
Spouse: Nomalizo Leah Tutu
Total quotes: 22
“There are different kinds of justice. Retributive justice is largely Western. The African understanding is far more restorative - not so much to punish as to redress or restore a balance that has been knocked askew.”
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“I am not interested in picking up crumbs of compassion thrown from the table of someone who considers himself my master. I want the full menu of human rights”
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Interest, crumbs, Compassion, throw, throw away, Master, Servant, human, human rights, rights
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