Steve Biko Quotes

#1. The greatest weapon in the hand of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.

Steve Biko

#2. 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.

Steve Biko

#3. I would like to remind the black ministry, and indeed all black people, that God is not in the habit of coming down from heaven to solve people's problems on earth.

Steve Biko

#4. Instead of involving themselves in an all-out attempt to stamp out racism from their white society, liberals waste a lot of time trying to prove to as many blacks as they can find that they are liberal.

Steve Biko

#5. I write what I like

Steve Biko

#6. It is better to die for an idea that will live, than to live for an idea that will die

Steve Biko

#7. The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed.
So as a prelude whites must be made to realise that they are only human, not superior. Same with Blacks. They must be made to realise that they are also human, not inferior.

Steve Biko