We must not only speak about forgiveness and reconciliation, we must act on these principles.
Desmond TutuI am passionately opposed to the death penalty for anyone . . . I think, myself, that it is an obscenity . . .
Desmond TutuIf forgiving depended on the culprit owning up, then the victim would always be at the mercy of the perpetrator. The victim would be bound in the shackles of victimhood.
Desmond TutuThere is no peace precisely because there has been no justice. As painful and inconvenient as justice may be, we have seen that the alternative allowing accountability to fall by the wayside is worse.
Desmond Tutu