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Desmond Tutu Quotes: If you are neutral in times of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.
         

If you are neutral in times of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.


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This page presents the quote "If you are neutral in times of injustice, you have chosen the side of the oppressor.". Author of this quote is Desmond Tutu. This quote is about intersectionality, justice, human-rights, oppression, resistance, injustice, interconnectedness, humanity, solidarity,.