"As well as being inspirational for his courage and unflinching leadership in the long and bitter anti-apartheid struggle Arch had an impish irreverence and warm camaraderie, and was engagingly self-deprecating.
Had he known of this event I am certain he would have burst into a one of his characteristic giggles and infectiously riotous laughs, shoulders heaving, at the irony of an anti-apartheid subversive like him being honoured by the City of London in the Guildhall, the heart of England’s establishment.
The best way for all of us to honour the remarkable, unique, Desmond Tutu is to strive to emulate his legacy." - Lord Peter Hain