Consciousness Quotes by Steven Biko

We do not want to be reminded that it is we, the indigenous people, who are poor and exploited in the land of our…

— Steven Biko

I am against the fact that a settler minority should impose an entire system of values on an indigenous people.

— Steven Biko

The wealth of the country must eventually be enjoyed by people of the country

— Steven Biko

When you say 'Black is beautiful' you are saying, 'Man you are okay as you are, begin to look upon yourself as a human…

— Steven Biko

Black Consciousness seeks to infuse the black community with a new-found pride in themselves, their efforts, their value systems, their culture, their religion and…

— Steven Biko

If one is free at heart, no man-made chains can bind one to servitude, but if one's mind is so manipulated and controlled by…

— Steven Biko

The blacks are tired of standing at the touchlines to witness a game that they should be playing. They want to do things for…

— Steven Biko

In a bid for change, we have to take off our coats, be prepared to lose our comfort and security, our jobs and positions…

— Steven Biko

The press is largely directed at white society or the so-called electorate whose values are laced with racial prejudice against black people.

— Steven Biko

Sure there are a few good whites just as much as there are a few bad Blacks. However what we are concerned here with…

— Steven Biko

Apartheid - both petty and grand - is obviously evil

— Steven Biko

We believe it is the duty of the vanguard political movement which brings change to educate people's outlook

— Steven Biko

The black man has become a shell, a shadow of man, completely defeated, drowning in his own misery, a slave, an ox bearing the…

— Steven Biko

It becomes more necessary to see the truth as it is if you realise that the only vehicle for change are these people who…

— Steven Biko

To a large extent the evil-doers have succeeded in producing at the output end of their machine a kind of black man who is…

— Steven Biko