Desmond Tutu Quotes About Injustice

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  Si eres neutral en situaciones de injusticia, has elegido el lado del opresor. Si un elefante pisa la cola de un ratón y tú dices que eres neutral, el ratón no apreciará tu neutralidad.

  Desmond Tutu

  Intimidación, Paz, Elefantes

  Facebook post byDesmond Tutu from Ene 22, 2014

• Si eres neutral en situaciones de injusticia, has elegido el lado del opresor.

  Desmond Tutu

  Acoso, Justicia, Bandos

  "Los secretos de un pacificador". Entrevista con Gary Younge, www.theguardian.com. 22 de mayo de 2009.

• I have seen firsthand how injustice gets overlooked when the victims are powerless or vulnerable, when they have no one to speak up for them and no means of representing themselves to a higher authority. Animals are in precisely that position. Unless we are mindful of their interests and speak out loudly on their behalf, abuse and cruelty go unchallenged.

  Desmond Tutu

  Mean, Animal, Speaks Out

  "Desmond Tutu On Animal Welfare: We Must Fight Injustice To Animals", www.huffingtonpost.com. December 27, 2013.

• Permanecer neutral ante situaciones de injusticia es ser cómplice de esa injusticia.

  Desmond Tutu

  Injusticia, Situación

• People of conscience need to break their ties with corporations financing the injustice of climate change.

  Desmond Tutu

  Business, Ties, People

  "Necesitamos un boicot al estilo del apartheid para salvar el planeta" por Desmond Tutu, www.theguardian.com. 10 de abril de 2014.

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

  Desmond Tutu

  Support, Sides, Injustice

  Desmond Tutu, Naomi Tutu (1989). "Las palabras de Desmond Tutu", Newmarket Pr

• Si quieres mantener a la gente subyugada, lo último que pones en sus manos es una Biblia. No hay nada más radical, nada más revolucionario, nada más subversivo contra la injusticia y la opresión que la Biblia.

  Desmond Tutu

  Manos, personas, injusticia y opresión

• Por mucho que el mundo tenga instinto para el mal y sea un caldo de cultivo para el genocidio, el holocausto, la esclavitud, el racismo, la guerra, la opresión y la injusticia, el mundo tiene un instinto aún más grande para la bondad, el renacimiento, la misericordia, la belleza, la verdad, la libertad y el amor.

  Desmond Tutu

  Danza, Guerra, Maldad

• It is for real that injustice and oppression will not have the last word. There was a time when Hitler looked like he was going to vanquish all of Europe, and where is he now?

  Desmond Tutu

  Real, Europe, Injustice And Oppression

  University of Michigan Wallenberg Lecture, October 29, 2008.

• When we look at a conflict, it is so often rooted in injustice, prejudice, competition for resources, poverty, poor governance and corruption.

  Desmond Tutu

  Competition, Prejudice, Looks

  Fuente: www.huffingtonpost.com

• God places us in the world as his fellow workers-agents of transfiguration. We work with God so that injustice is transfigured into justice, so there will be more compassion and caring, that there will be more laughter and joy, that there will be more togetherness in God's world.

  Desmond Tutu

  Faith, Laughter, Caring

• If you are going to be a leader, you must have a record where people saw you are standing up against injustice at a risk. Then that builds up your stock of credibility so that, when you speak on another occasion about a different thing, people will pay attention.

  Desmond Tutu

  People, Leader, Risk

• This is a moral universe, which means that, despite all the evidence that seems to be to the contrary, there is no way that evil and injustice and oppression and lies can have the last word.

  Desmond Tutu

  Mentira, Mala, Gente

  "No Future Without Forgiveness". Book by Desmond Tutu, www.huffingtonpost.com. 1999.

• Easter says to us that despite everything to the contrary, his will for us will prevail, love will prevail over hate, justice over injustice and oppression, peace over exploitation and bitterness.

  Desmond Tutu

  Easter, Hate, Justice

  Desmond Tutu (1982). “Crying in the wilderness: the struggle for justice in South Africa”, William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

• Poverty - the greatest cause of human suffering on the planet - is itself exacerbated by conflict, competition for resources, injustice, even the global downturn and climate change. Diseases like AIDS, TB and malaria cannot be tackled without adequate resources. So you see everything is connected. In order to address any major cause of human suffering, we have to work together across many fronts.

  Desmond Tutu

  Order, Competition, Suffering

  Fuente: www.huffingtonpost.com

• There’s no question about the reality of evil, of injustice, of suffering, but at the center of this existence is a heart beating with love. That you and I and all of us are incredible. I mean, we really are remarkable things. That we are, as a matter of fact, made for goodness.

  Desmond Tutu

  Heart, Mean, Reality

  "A God of Surprises". Interview with Krista Tippett, onbeing.org. March 20, 2014.

• Cuando miramos de frente a la injusticia y nos implicamos, en realidad sentimos menos dolor, no más, porque superamos la culpa y la desesperación que supuran bajo nuestro entumecimiento. Limpiamos la herida -la nuestra y la de los demás- y por fin puede cicatrizar.

  Desmond Tutu

  Pain, Numbness, Guilt

• Some people are able to use Bible as a means of opposing injustice, whereas others are able to find justification.

  Desmond Tutu

  Mean, People, Able

  Fuente: theislamicmonthly.com

• The matter of the abuse and cruelty we inflict on other animals has to fight for our attention in what sometimes seems an already overfull moral agenda. It is vital, however, that these instances of injustice not be overlooked.

  Desmond Tutu

  Fighting, Animal, Abuse

  "Desmond Tutu On Animal Welfare: We Must Fight Injustice To Animals". www.huffingtonpost.com. December 27, 2013.

• What we try to do as Elders is help those who are trying to change their own societies and communities for the better. We hope that by supporting the good work that is being done, especially at the grass roots, we can help to alleviate the suffering of human beings. That is our core mission - to draw attention to the impact that conflict, injustice and poverty have on ordinary people.

  Desmond Tutu

  Roots, Impact, People

  Fuente: www.huffingtonpost.com

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