"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality."

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Source : "The secrets of a peacemaker". Interview with Gary Younge, www.theguardian.com. May 22, 2009.

Desmond Tutu

#Bullying Quotes #Peace Quotes #Elephants Quotes

“I have accordingly considered it, and now appear not only in obedience to your order, but likewise in behalf of the inhabitants of this town, who have presented another petition, and out of regard to the liberties of the subject.”
“I've looked at pictures that my mom has of me, from when I was four years old at the turntable. I'm there, reaching up to play the records. I feel like I was bred to do what I do. I've been into music, and listening to music and critiquing it, my whole life.”
“When we talked, I talked about me, you talked about you, when we should have talked about each other.”
“Most British people are keen to remain in a European free trade zone; and most EU states are keen to keep us there, because we buy from them more than we sell to them to the tune of Â£40 million per day.”
“Of all parts of wisdom, the practice is the best. Socrates was esteemed the wisest man of his time because he turned his acquired knowledge into morality, and aimed at goodness more than greatness.”
“One simply turns to the ideological vending machine, and out comes the prepared formulae.”

Source : Daniel Bell (1962). “The End of Ideology: On the Exhaustion of Political Ideas in the Fifties : with "The Resumption of History in the New Century"”, p.405, Harvard University Press
“A guy and a girl can be just friends, but at one point or another, they will fall for each other... maybe temporarily, maybe at the wrong time, maybe too late, or maybe forever.”

Source : "Personal Quotes/ Biography". www.imdb.com.
“America will never resist abortion until America sees abortion... The pro-life movement is not primarily a response to Roe vs Wade. It is a response to Jesus Christ.”

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