Retributive justice is one that says clobber him or clobber her because they clobbered me. So it emphasizes punishment. Desmond Tutu More Quotes by Desmond Tutu More Quotes From Desmond Tutu I would refuse to go to a homophobic heaven. Desmond Tutu homophobicrefuseheaven There will be no future without forgiveness. Any process of peace is bound to collapse if this is missing. There is no way peace and stability can come through the gun of vengeance. Desmond Tutu gunmissingpeace Without forgiveness, there is no future. Desmond Tutu change-for-the-bettervengeance No future without forgiveness. Desmond Tutu racial-justicejustice My father always used to say, "Don't raise your voice. Improve your argument." Good sense does not always lie with the loudest shouters, nor can we say that a large, unruly crowd is always the best arbiter of what is right. Desmond Tutu voicefatherlying Don't raise your voice, improve your argument." Desmond Tutu addressesfoundationvoice Give a man a fish and feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish and feed him for a lifetime. Teach a man to cycle and he will realize fishing is stupid and boring. Desmond Tutu cyclingstupidmen A person is a person through other persons; you can't be human in isolation; you are human only in relationships. Desmond Tutu isolationhumanspersons God says, 'You know what? I don't have anybody else... except you.' Desmond Tutu knows There is only one way to eat an elephant, a bite at a time. Desmond Tutu elephantspoliticsway Resentment and anger are bad for your blood pressure and your digestion. Desmond Tutu digestionpressureblood The price of freedom is eternal vigilance. Desmond Tutu memorial-dayfreedompeace God looks at the Middle East, looks at Palestine. When you go to the Holy Land and see what's being done to the Palestinians at checkpoints, for us, it's the kind of thing we experienced in South Africa. Desmond Tutu middle-eastlanddone Love is much more demanding than law. Desmond Tutu marriagelove-islove All of our humanity is dependent upon recognizing the humanity in others Desmond Tutu recognizingdependenthumanity I want my commitment to ending girl marriage to be equal to my commitment to ending apartheid. Desmond Tutu girlwantcommitment We will only truly be free when those in bondage are finally free Desmond Tutu bondage Your ordinary acts of love and hope point to the extraordinary promise that every human life is of inestimable value. Desmond Tutu ordinary-extraordinaryinspirationalpeace Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANC's military wing. When he was released, he surprised everyone because he was talking about reconciliation and forgiveness and not about revenge. Desmond Tutu militaryrevengemen We must not allow ourselves to become like the system we oppose. We cannot afford to use methods of which we will be ashamed when we look back, when we say, '...we shouldn't have done that.' We must remember, my friends, that we have been given a wonderful cause. The cause of freedom! And you and I must be those who will walk with heads held high. We will say, 'We used methods that can stand the harsh scrutiny of history.' Desmond Tutu freedomuselooks
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