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Steven Biko quotes: This is white man's integration, an integration based on exploitative values

This is white man's integration, an integration based on exploitative values

Steven Biko quotes: The logic behind white domination is to prepare the black man for the subservient role in this country.

The logic behind white domination is to prepare the black man for the subservient role in this country.

Steven Biko quotes: The wealth of the country must eventually be enjoyed by people of the country

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

Steven Biko quotes: If you want to say something radical, you should dress conservative.

If you want to say something radical, you should dress conservative.

Steven Biko quotes: 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.

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.

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

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

Steven Biko quotes: Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude.

Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude.

Steven Biko quotes: Black Consciousness therefore takes cognizance of the deliberateness of God's plan in creating Black people black.

Black Consciousness therefore takes cognizance of the deliberateness of God's plan in creating Black people black.

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

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

Steven Biko quotes: Change the way people think and things will never be the same

Change the way people think and things will never be the same

Steven Biko quotes: You are either alive and proud or you are dead, and when you are dead, you can't care anyway.

You are either alive and proud or you are dead, and when you are dead, you can't care anyway.

Steven Biko quotes: A people without a positive history is like a vehicle without an engine.

A people without a positive history is like a vehicle without an engine.

Steven Biko quotes: In all fields black consciousness seeks to talk to the black man in a language that is his own

In all fields black consciousness seeks to talk to the black man in a language that is his own

Steven Biko quotes: Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life, the most positive call to emanate from the black world for a long time.

Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life, the most positive call to emanate from the black world for a long time.

Steven Biko quotes: We must realise that prophetic cry of black students: Black man you are on your own!

We must realise that prophetic cry of black students: Black man you are on your own!

Steven Biko quotes: Black man, you are on your own.

Black man, you are on your own.

Steven Biko quotes: We are experiencing new problems every day and whatever we do adds to the richness of our cultural heritage as long as it has man as its centre

We are experiencing new problems every day and whatever we do adds to the richness of our cultural heritage as long as it has man as its centre

Steven Biko quotes: I'm going to be me as I am, and you can beat me or jail me or even kill me, but I'm not going to be what you want me

I'm going to be me as I am, and you can beat me or jail me or even kill me, but I'm not going to be what you want me to be.

Steven Biko quotes: Apartheid - both petty and grand - is obviously evil

Apartheid - both petty and grand - is obviously evil

Steven Biko quotes: If one is free at heart, no man-made chains can bind one to servitude.

If one is free at heart, no man-made chains can bind one to servitude.

Steven Biko quotes: The essence of politics is to direct oneself to the group which wields power

The essence of politics is to direct oneself to the group which wields power

Steven Biko quotes: I think the central theme about black society is that it has got elements of a defeated society

I think the central theme about black society is that it has got elements of a defeated society

Steven Biko quotes: Any warning normally implies, even if it is tacit, that there should be changes

Any warning normally implies, even if it is tacit, that there should be changes

Steven Biko quotes: A community is easily divide when their perception of the same thing is different

A community is easily divide when their perception of the same thing is different

Steven Biko quotes: In time, we shall be in a position to bestow on South Africa the greatest possible gift - a more human face.

In time, we shall be in a position to bestow on South Africa the greatest possible gift - a more human face.

Steven Biko quotes: When you say 'Black is beautiful' you are saying, 'Man you are okay as you are, begin to look upon yourself as a human being'.

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

Steven Biko quotes: The oneness of community for instance is at the heart of our culture.

The oneness of community for instance is at the heart of our culture.

Steven Biko quotes: We believe in the inherent goodness of man.

We believe in the inherent goodness of man.