In my country of South Africa, we struggled for years against the evil system of apartheid that divided human beings, children of the same God, by racial classification and then denied many of them fundamental human rights.
Interpretation
Desmond Tutu discusses the struggle against apartheid and its injustice to humanity.
This quote by Desmond Tutu highlights the deep injustices of apartheid in South Africa, emphasizing that it not only divided people by race but also denied them basic human rights. It calls attention to the moral obligation to fight against such discrimination and to recognize the shared humanity among all individuals, regardless of race.
In practice
This quote can be used during a speech about civil rights.
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Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone's back.
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To his enemies the householder must be a hero. Them he must resist. That is the duty of the householder. He must not sit down in a corner and weep, and talk nonsense about non-resistance. If he does not show himself a hero to his enemies he has not done his duty.
When my parents were getting divorced, I just said to myself, 'Go to sleep, and tomorrow you can go skiing.' I cried myself to sleep, and in the morning I was up on the mountain, and I was good.
If I should come out of this war alive, I will have more luck than brains.
There are many ways of showing your protest and discontent without the actions of Kremlin.
Do you want to understand how to swim, or do you want to jump in and start swimming? Only people who are afraid of the water want to understand it. Other people jump in and get wet.
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