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Apartheid - both petty and grand - is obviously evil. Nothing can justify the arrogant assumption that a clique of foreigners has the right to decide on the lives of a majority.
— Steven Biko
Tags: apartheid, decide, right, nothing, evil

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Tradition has it that whenever a group of people has tasted the lovely fruits of wealth, security, and prestige, it begins to find it more comfortable to believe in the obvious lie and accept that it alone is entitled to privilege.
— Steven Biko
Tags: lie, believe, people, alone
We know that all interracial groups in South Africa are relationships in which whites are superior, blacks inferior. So as a prelude, whites must be made to realize that they are only human, not superior. Same with blacks. They must be made to realize that they are also human, not inferior.
— Steven Biko
Tags: human, only, africa, know
The revolutionary sees his task as liberation not only of the oppressed but also of the oppressor. Happiness can never truly exist in a state of tension.
— Steven Biko
Tags: tension, only, never, happiness
The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.
— Steven Biko
Tags: oppressor, potent, oppressed, weapon, most, mind
Being black is not a matter of pigmentation - being black is a reflection of a mental attitude.
— Steven Biko
Tags: matter, reflection, black, attitude
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