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Quote by Steve Biko
The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind o

The most potent weapon in the hands of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. – Steve Biko

Other quotes by Steve Biko

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. – Steve Biko

Category:
Racism
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Steve Biko
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The power of a movement lies in the fact that it can indeed change the habits of people. This change is not the result of force but of dedication, of moral persuasion. – Steve Biko

Category:
Reason
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Steve Biko
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Other Quotes from
Oppression
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When there is oppression, the only self-respecting thing is to rise and say this shall cease today, because my right is justice. If you are stronger, you have to help the weaker boy or girl both in play and in the work. – Sarojini Naidu

Category:
Oppression

They have given us into the hand of new unhappy lords. Lords without anger and honor, who dare not carry their swords. They fight by shuffling papers; they have bright dead alien eyes; They look at our labor and laughter as a tired man looks at flies. – G. K. Chesterton

Category:
Oppression

The web of domination has become the web of Reason itself, and this society is fatally entangled in it. – Herbert Marcuse

Category:
Oppression

First we kill all the subversives; then, their collaborators; later, those who sympathize with them; afterward, those who remain indifferent; and finally, the undecided. – General Iberico Saint Jean

Category:
Oppression

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Category:
Technology

Killing Japanese didnt bother me very much at that time… I suppose if I had lost the war, I would have been tried as a war criminal. – Curtis LeMay

Category:
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Preach not to others what they should eat, but eat as becomes you and be silent. – Epictetus

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Miscellaneous

Design must reflect the practical and aesthetic in business but above all… good design must primarily serve people. – Thomas J. Watson

Category:
Business