Top 68 Quotes & Sayings by Steven Biko - Page 2

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

Apartheid - both petty and grand - is obviously evil.

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

The system concedes nothing without demand, for it formulates its very method of operation on the basis that the ignorant will learn to know, the child will grow into an adult and therefore demands will begin to be made. It gears itself to resist demands in whatever way it sees fit.

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

Black Consciousness is in essence the realization by the black man of the need to rally together with his brothers around the cause of their oppression.

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

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