I will never tell anyone to pick up a gun. But I will pray for the man…

Desmond Tutu
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I will never tell anyone to pick up a gun. But I will pray for the man who picks up a gun, pray that he will be less cruel than he might otherwise have been. ✨ Desmond Tutu, Naomi Tutu (1989). The words of Desmond Tutu, Newmarket Pr
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I will never tell anyone to pick up a gun. But I will pray for the man who picks up a gun, pray that he will be less cruel than he might otherwise have been. ✨ Desmond Tutu, Naomi Tutu (1989). The words of Desmond Tutu, Newmarket Pr

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