Israel will never get true security and safety through oppressing another people. A true peace can ultimately be built only on justice. We condemn the violence of suicide bombers, and we condemn the corruption of young minds taught hatred; but we also condemn the violence of military incursions in the occupied lands, and the inhumanity that won't let ambulances reach the injured.
Desmond TutuPeople in apartheid South Africa can tell you that God cursed black people when they cursed Him. And so the hermetic people were condemned to be drawers of water and of wood.
Desmond TutuHow could you have a soccer team if all were goalkeepers? How would it be an orchestra if all were French horns?
Desmond TutuIn its history, Europe has committed so many massacres and horrors that it should bow its own head in shame.
Desmond Tutu