I'm not an optimist. I'm a prisoner of hope. ✨ Post-Apartheid South Af…

Desmond Tutu
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I'm not an optimist. I'm a prisoner of hope. ✨ Post-Apartheid South Africa. Religion & Ethics Newsweekly with Fred de Sam Lazaro, www.pbs.org. July 2, 2010.
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I'm not an optimist. I'm a prisoner of hope. ✨ Post-Apartheid South Africa. Religion & Ethics Newsweekly with Fred de Sam Lazaro, www.pbs.org. July 2, 2010.

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