Inherent Goodness Quotes by Steven Biko

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Steven Biko has 44 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

• The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.
• Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude.
• Merely by describing yourself as black you have started on a road towards emancipation, you have committed yourself to fight against all…
• You are either alive and proud or you are dead, and when you are dead, you can't care anyway.
• So as a prelude whites must be made to realise that they are only human, not superior. Same with Blacks. They must…
• Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life, the most positive call to emanate from the black…
• It becomes more necessary to see the truth as it is if you realize that the only vehicle for change are these…
• The basic tenet of black consciousness is that the black man must reject all value systems that seek to make him a…
• In time, we shall be in a position to bestow on South Africa the greatest possible gift - a more human face.
• The myth of integration as propounded under the banner of the liberal ideology must be cracked because it makes people believe that…
• The power of a movement lies in the fact that it can indeed change the habits of people. This change is not…
• We do not want to be reminded that it is we, the indigenous people, who are poor and exploited in the land…

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