Quotes About Steve Biko

#1. It is the dictate of history to bring to the fore the kind of leaders who seize the moment, who cohere the wishes and aspirations of the oppressed. Such was Steve Biko, a fitting product of his time; a proud representative of the re-awakening of a people.

Nelson Mandela

#2. The enemy came to steal,kill and destroy our hero Steve Biko. He was chosen by God and no one can deny that.

Euginia Herlihy

#3. It is shallow desires which make a young man bold; strong desires confound him.

Giacomo Casanova

#4. Why do you do that?

Do what?

Blow off compliments.

I don't.

You kind of do.

Sorry.

Don't apologize. Just learn to say thanks.

Marisa Reichardt

#5. I'm not at my best when I'm not working - I'm certainly not at my happiest. Acting will always be my first love.

Johnny Galecki

#6. 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

#7. An intensive human rights education for all communities needs to be provided to overcome the old prejudices.

Ruth Manorama

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

Steve Biko

#9. I write what I like

Steve Biko

#10. You eventually come to the conclusion that there's only so much you can do with these established characters, and you start wondering who among us will be the one to create the next 'Superman' or 'Batman' or 'James Bond' or next 'Lone Ranger.'

Dave Gibbons

#11. 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

#12. 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

#13. Don't rely too much on labels, for too often they are fables

Charles Spurgeon

#14. How wonderful to be alive, he thought. But why does it always hurt?

Boris Pasternak

#15. We're using the gifts of God as if they themselves are gods.

Matt Chandler

#16. 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

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

Steve Biko