From Bishop Tutu's 2000 Commencement Address at Brandeis University

Today I was going through some old papers and found a reference to this uplifting address of Bishop Tutu. An excerpt of the address is online. Here is a key passage:

And so, we are aware that this is a moral universe, that good and evil matter, that right and wrong matter, that life and truth matter. And, that, yes, there are frequently many, many times when we think that evil is on the rampage, that evil seems to be going to have the last word. It doesn't; it doesn't. Isn't that exhilarating? It isn't Hitler who has won; it is those he tried to destroy. They have survived and left the world an incredible legacy. It isn't Stalin who has won. Communism, fascism, Nazism have bitten the dust, have bitten the dust ignominiously. It isn't slavery that has won; slavery has been done away with and people are entering into what has been called the glorious liberty of the children of God. It isn't Apartheid that's won. No, no, no. It may take a long time, but goodness in the end is vindicated.

The excerpt, and presumably the address, ends with a story about an eagle that thought it was a chicken. I commend it to you.