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Quote by Desmond Tutu
Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relat

Before Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962, he was an angry, relatively young man. He founded the ANCs military wing. When he was released, he surprised everyone because he was talking about reconciliation and forgiveness and not about revenge. – Desmond Tutu

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Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And thats where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency. – Desmond Tutu

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Gods love is too great to be confined to any one side of a conflict or to any one religion. – Desmond Tutu

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I mean in the South African case, many of those who were part of death squads would have been respectable members of their white community, people who went to church on Sunday, every Sunday. – Desmond Tutu

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How unhappy is he who cannot forgive himself. – Publilius Syrus

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I believe in the forgiveness of sin and the redemption of ignorance. – Adlai E. Stevenson

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Selfishness must always be forgiven you know, because there is no hope of a cure. – Jane Austen

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Never forget the three powerful resources you always have available to you: love, prayer, and forgiveness. – H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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