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«In time, we shall be in a position to bestow on South Africa the greatest possible gift - a more human face.»
Author: Steven Biko
«The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.»
Author: Steven Biko
«Merely by describing yourself as black you have started on a road towards emancipation, you have committed yourself to fight against all forces that seek to use your blackness as a stamp that marks you out as a subservient being.»
Author: Steven Biko
«Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude.»
Author: 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 birth.»
Author: Steven Biko
«The basic tenet of black consciousness is that the black man must reject all value systems that seek to make him a foreigner in the country of his birth and reduce his basic human dignity.»
Author: Steven Biko
«It becomes more necessary to see the truth as it is if you realize that the only vehicle for change are these people who have lost their personality.»
Author: Steven Biko
«You are either alive and proud or you are dead, and when you are dead, you can't care anyway.»
Author: Steven Biko
«Black man, you are on your own.»
Author: Steven Biko
«The first step therefore is to make the black man come to himself; to pump back life into his empty shell; to infuse him with pride and dignity, to remind him of his complicity in the crime of allowing himself to be misused and therefore letting evil reign supreme in the country of his birth.»
Author: Steven Biko
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