"The basic tenet of black consciousness is that the black man must reject all value systems that seek to make him a fo…"

"Even today, we are still accused of racism. This is a mistake. We know that all interracial groups in South Africa ar…"

"You are either alive and proud or you are dead, and when you are dead, you can't care anyway."

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

"The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed."

"Apartheid — both petty and grand — is obviously evil. Nothing can justify the arrogant assumption that a clique of fo…"

"The logic behind white domination is to prepare the black man for the subservient role in this country. Not so long a…"

"The system concedes nothing without demand, for it formulates its very method of operation on the basis that the igno…"

"In time, we shall be in a position to bestow on South Africa the greatest possible gift—a more human face."

"We must realise that prophetic cry of black students: "Black man you are on your own!""