Brothers and sisters of Egypt, you have given the world the most precious gift: the belief that ultimately right will prevail.
Interpretation
This quote highlights the enduring faith in justice that comes from the struggles faced by the people of Egypt.
Desmond Tutu's quote speaks to the profound impact of the Egyptian people's belief in the triumph of right over wrong. In the face of adversity, their struggles serve as a beacon of hope and inspiration, encouraging others globally to hold onto the conviction that justice and righteousness will ultimately prevail, despite the challenges and obstacles encountered along the way.
In practice
This quote can be used in a speech advocating for human rights.
The fossil reserves that have already been discovered exceed what can ever be safely used. Yet companies spend half a trillion dollars each year searching for more fuel. They should redirect this money toward developing clean energy solutions
As much as the world has an instinct for evil and is a breeding ground for genocide, holocaust, slavery, racism, war, oppression, and injustice, the world has an even greateer instinct for goodness, rebirth, mercy, beauty, truth, freedom and love.
When the missionaries came to Africa they had the Bible and we had the land. They said 'Let us pray.' We closed our eyes. When we opened them we had the Bible and they had the land.
Children are a wonderful gift. They have an extraordinary capacity to see into the heart of things and to expose sham and humbug for what they are.
Religion is like a knife: you can either use it to cut bread, or stick in someone's back.
Gaza is going to test who believes in the worth of human beings.
One is distracted by this notion that there is such an thing as inspiration, that it comes fast and easy. And some people are graced by that style. I'm not. So I have to work as hard as any stiff to come up with my payload
When I was nine years old, Star Trek came on, I looked at it and I went screaming through the house, 'Come here, mum, everybody, come quick, come quick, there's a black lady on television and she ain't no maid!' I knew right then and there I could be anything I wanted to be.
Keep your eyes on the stars, and your feet on the ground.
So, open your mouth, lad! For every voice counts!
Francois Rabelais. He was a poet. And his last words were "I go to seek a Great Perhaps." That's why I'm going. So I don't have to wait until I die to start seeking a Great Perhaps.
You have to recover the capacity to imagine yourself as an ideal and figure out how to project that into the world.
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