God has such a deep reverence for our freedom that hed rather let us f — Desmond Tutu

"There are different kinds of justice. Retributive justice is largely Western. The African understanding is far more restorative - not so much to punish as to redress or restore a balance that has been knocked askew."

"None of us can say that had I been exposed to the same circumstances and conditions that I wouldnt have turned out the same way. Perpetrators dont have horns, dont have tails, they are as ordinary looking as you and I."

"Forgiveness is one of the key ideas in this world. Forgiveness is not just some nebulous, vague idea that one can easily dismiss. It has to do with uniting people through practical politics. Without forgiveness there is no future."

"In our struggle against apartheid, the great supporters were Jewish people. They almost instinctively had to be on the side of the disenfranchised, of the voiceless ones, fighting injustice, oppression and evil. I have continued to feel strongly with the Jews. I am patron of a Holocaust centre in South Africa. I believe Israel has a right to secure borders. What is not so understandable, not justified, is what it did to another people to guarantee its existence. Ive been very deeply distressed in my visit to the Holy Land; it reminded me so much of what happened to us black people in South Africa."

"Be nice to the whites, they need you to rediscover their humanity."

"For goodness sake, will they hear, will white people hear what we are trying to say? Please, all we are asking you to do is to recognize that we are humans, too."