70 Quotes by Steven Biko

Black man, you are on your own.

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

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.

We believe in the inherent goodness of man.

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

People must be aware of their problems in a realistic way. They must be able to analyse their problems and to work out common solutions. In other words a community is easily divided when their perception of the same thing is different

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

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

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'.