Quote #51

The British lower second-class honours undergraduate degree, a '2:2' (pronounced 'two-two'), is colloquially known as a 'Desmond' in his honour - see British undergraduate degree classification.

More from Desmond Tutu

  1. The U.N. is as effective as its member states allow it to be.
  2. The pub at King's College London is known as Tutu's in his honour.
  3. Injustice and oppression will never prevail. Those who are powerful have to remember the litmus test that God gives to the powerful: what i…
  4. In 1986, Miles Davis released a jazz album called Tutu in honour of Archbishop Tutu.
  5. People are scared in this country, to say wrong is wrong because the Jewish lobby is powerful - very powerful. Well, so what? For goodness …
  6. In 1988, Enja Records founded a minor jazz label called Tutu Records.[2]
  7. We in South Africa had a relatively peaceful transition. If our madness could end as it did, it must be possible to do the same everywhere …
  8. The music video for Michael Jackson's number-one hit Man in the Mirror (1988) features Tutu in the section focusing on hope and peace.

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