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" We would like to see you departing peacefully. "
Desmond Tutu
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" 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. "
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" God's dream is that you and I and all of us will realize that we are family, that we are made for togetherness, for goodness, and for compassion. "
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