"If you are neutral in situations of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor. If an elephant has its foot on the tail of a mouse and you say that you are neutral, the mouse will not appreciate your neutrality."
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As quoted in Unexpected News : Reading the Bible with Third World Eyes (1984) by Robert McAfee Brown, p. 19
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Desmond Tutu
1931 – 2021
sĂĽdafrikanischer anglikanischer Theologe und BĂĽrgerrechtler
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