Desmond Tutu

The world needs a revolution led by women.

Desmond Tutu

There are people who go to bed hungry, and that is unconscionable.

Desmond Tutu

There are two forms of justice. There is what is called retributive justice and there is restorative justice.

Desmond Tutu

There can be no healing without truth.

Desmond Tutu

There is nothing more difficult than waking someone who is only pretending to be asleep.

Desmond Tutu

There will be no future unless there is peace. There can be no peace unless there is reconciliation. But there can be no reconciliation before there is forgiveness. And there can be no forgiveness unless people repent.

Desmond Tutu

To be neutral in a situation of injustice is to have chosen sides already. It is to support the status quo.

Desmond Tutu

To forgive is not just to be altruistic.

Desmond Tutu

To take a life when a life has been lost is revenge, not justice.

Desmond Tutu

True peace must be anchored in justice and an unwavering commitment to universal rights for all humans, regardless of ethnicity, religion, gender, national origin or any other identity attribute.

Desmond Tutu