Quote by Desmond Tutu
The minute you got the Nobel Peace Prize, things that I said yeste

The minute you got the Nobel Peace Prize, things that I said yesterday, with nobody paying too much attention, I say the same things after I got it – oh! It was quite crucial for people, and it helped our morale because apartheid did look invincible. – Desmond Tutu

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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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When we see the face of a child, we think of the future. We think of their dreams about what they might become, and what they might accomplish. – Desmond Tutu

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It would be especially tragic if the people who most cherish ideals of peace, who are most anxious for political cooperation on a wider than national scale, made the mistake of underestimating the pace of economic change in our modern world. – Lester B. Pearson

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Each one has to find his peace from within. And peace to be real must be unaffected by outside circumstances. – Mahatma Gandhi

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Those who are at war with others are not at peace with themselves. – William Hazlitt

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I just cant seem to write songs about peace and love. Yeah right, how do you get that? – Siobhan Fahey

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