Quote by Desmond Tutu
In its history, Europe has committed so many massacres and horrors

In its history, Europe has committed so many massacres and horrors that it should bow its own head in shame. – Desmond Tutu

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In many ways, when youre a Nobel peace laureate, you have an obligation to humankind, to society. – Desmond Tutu

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Peace
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But God can only smile because only God can know what is coming next. – Desmond Tutu

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God
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I dont think Ive ever felt that same kind of peace, the kind of serenity that I felt after acknowledging that maybe I was going to die of this TB. – Desmond Tutu

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The general consensus among historians, among the ones who can handle the fact that Lincoln is, in fact, historical fiction, is that we demonstrate enormous fidelity to history and that, beyond that, weve actually contributed a line of thinking about Lincolns presidency thats somewhat original. – Tony Kushner

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History is not a pattern-book of fossilized ideologies. – Frederick Maurice Powicke, Three Lectures

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History

Stern accuracy in inquiring, bold imagination in describing, these are the cogs on which history soars or flutters and wobbles. – Thomas Carlyle

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History

Live out of your imagination, not your history. – Stephen Covey

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Each age tries to form its own conception of the past. Each age writes the history of the past anew with reference to the conditions uppermost in its own time. – Frederick Jackson Turner

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Offenders never pardon. – Proverb

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Mercy

Pick the day. Enjoy it – to the hilt. The day as it comes. People as they come… The past, I think, has helped me appreciate the present – and I dont want to spoil any of it by fretting about the future. – Audrey Hepburn

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To what extent is any given man morally responsible for any given act? We do not know. – Alexis Carrel

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Responsibility