Desmond Tutu: 4 interviews

Viewed together, these interviews reflect not only the Archbishop’s views, but the tint of 4 popular television programs:

With ABC’s Charlie Rose:

Don’t be misled by the fact that there does appear to be a great deal of evil. God’s project is not complete; creation is a work in progress. And in the end, we are going to see that good prevails over evil. –D. Tutu

Duration 0:19:49

Desmond Tutu on Oprah:

Women have a way of reaching out to others. I want to suggest that women start a revolution… God depends on you, that you are going to turn this world into the kind of place you want, that it should be a place of compassion, of gentleness, of sharing, of caring. –D. Tutu

Duration 0:02:53

Archbishop Tutu on the Daily Show:

There are times when God would have said, ‘what in the name of everything that is good called to me to create that lot? –D. Tutu
Duration 0:06:38

The Nobel Laureate’s appearance on Hardball with Chris Matthews:

You are some of the most generous people, but I can’t quite make out why you should have been exporting so much destruction to other places… Unfortunately and very sadly, [the United States after September 11] reverted to the kind of pattern that one had always deprecated… you hit out against a whole nation… you were ready then to kill innocent civilians. –D. Tutu

Duration 0:10:46


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