As quoted in " Recovering from Apartheid http://www.newyorker.com/archive/1996/11/18/1996_11_18_086_TNY_CARDS_000375852" at The New Yorker (18 November 1996)
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Speech entitled Freedom and Tolerance (June 1995), Cape Town Press Club
As quoted in "The Words of Desmond Tutu" (1984)
“The U. N. is as effective as its member states allow it to be.”
This is actually a common observation, which has been made by many people, and thus far no published source has been found attributing it to Tutu. The earliest published variant thus far found was in Public Affairs Vol. 21 (1978) by the Gokhale Institute of Public Affairs, p. 102:
: The United Nations is an inter-governmental body. It is made up of member states, and it can only be as effective as its member states allow it to be.
A variant was also prominent in Ch. 6 of the Preventing Deadly Conflict : Final Report (1997) by the Carnegie Commission on Preventing Deadly Conflict http://wwics.si.edu/subsites/ccpdc/pubs/rept97/finfr.htm:
: The main responsibility for addressing global problems, including deadly conflict, rests on governments. Acting individually and collectively, they have the power to work toward solutions or to hinder the process. The UN, of course, is only as effective as its member states allow it to be.
Misattributed
“We refuse to be treated as the doormat for the government to wipe its jackboots on.”
As quoted in "Profile: Archbishop Desmond Tutu" at BBC (24 May 2004)
As quoted in " Desmond Tutu turns 75 http://www.news24.com/World/News/Desmond-Tutu-turns-75-20061006" at News24 (6 October 2006)
As quoted in "Truth and reconciliation" at BBC Focus on Africa (January-March 2000)
“Resentment and anger are bad for your blood pressure and your digestion.”
As quoted in "Truth and reconciliation" at BBC Focus on Africa (January-March 2000)
Quoted by L.A. Mayor Tom Bradley in letter to the editor Los Angeles Times (13 May 1985)
As quoted in http://www.jpost.com/Opinion/Op-Ed-Contributors/Nobel-winners-problem-with-a-peculiar-people-and-Israel (June 2, 2012)
Speech in Boston (2002)
"And God Smiles," sermon preached at All Saints Church, Pasadena, California (6 November 2005)
“South Africa, so utterly improbably, is a beacon of hope in a dark and troubled world.”
As quoted in "Truth and reconciliation" at BBC Focus on Africa (January-March 2000)
Source: As quoted in "Dalai Lama honours Tintin and Tutu" at BBC News (2 June 2006)
Beyers Naudé memorial lecture (15 August 2003)
"Tutu calls on Anglicans to accept gay bishop" http://www.speroforum.com/site/article.asp?idCategory=33&idsub=128&id=2141 in Spero News (14 November 2005)
Sermon in Tromsö, Norway (5 December 1991)
As quoted in "Archbishop urges battle with racism" http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2002-02-18/news/0202180155_1_racism-archbishop-desmond-tutu-st-sabina (18 February 2002), by Sabrina L. Miller, Chicago Tribune, Illinois
Without Forgiveness There Is No Future (1998)
February 15, 2003 speaking before a massive rally in New York to oppose the imminent U.S. invasion of Iraq
Source: As quoted in Archbishop Desmond Tutu (1931-2021) on Apartheid, War, Palestine, Guantánamo, Climate Crisis & More https://www.democracynow.org/2021/12/27/life_and_legacy_archbishop_desmond_tutu, Democracy Now!, December 27, 2021
Without Forgiveness There Is No Future (1998)
