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Misattributed quotes — Desmond Tutu

1931–2021 South Africa

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The U.N. is as effective as its member states allow it to be.

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The first thing we learn from history is that we learn nothing from history.

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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.

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Attribution

Quotes and notes from Wikiquote: Desmond Tutu (page history), available under CC BY-SA 4.0.