Desmond Tutu Peace Quotes

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Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ)

What did Desmond Tutu say about Peace?

Desmond Tutu has written many quotes about Peace. E.g.,

  • Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that's where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency.
  • In South Africa, we could not have achieved our freedom and just peace without the help of people around the world, who through the use of non-violent means, such as boycotts and divestment, encouraged their governments and other corporate actors to reverse decades-long support for the Apartheid regime.
  • If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.

What are the top most famous Peace quotes by Desmond Tutu?

Here are the top most famous quotes about Peace by Desmond Tutu.

  • Peace comes when you talk to the guy you most hate. And that's where the courage of a leader comes, because when you sit down with your enemy, you as a leader must already have very considerable confidence from your own constituency.
  • In South Africa, we could not have achieved our freedom and just peace without the help of people around the world, who through the use of non-violent means, such as boycotts and divestment, encouraged their governments and other corporate actors to reverse decades-long support for the Apartheid regime.
  • If you want peace, you don't talk to your friends. You talk to your enemies.
  • The minute you got the Nobel Peace Prize, things that I said yesterday, with nobody paying too much attention, I say the same things after I got it - oh! It was quite crucial for people, and it helped our morale because apartheid did look invincible.
  • In many ways, when you're a Nobel peace laureate, you have an obligation to humankind, to society.
  • I don't think I've ever felt that same kind of peace, the kind of serenity that I felt after acknowledging that maybe I was going to die of this TB.