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

Other quotes by Steve Biko

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

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Reason
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Steve Biko
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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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Other Quotes from
Oppression
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Where justice is denied, where poverty is enforced, where ignorance prevails, and where any one class is made to feel that society is in an organized conspiracy to oppress, rob, and degrade them, neither persons nor property will be safe. – Frederick Douglass

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

The history of an oppressed people is hidden in the lies and the agreed myth of its conquerors. – Meridel Le Sueur

Category:
Oppression

Everybody knows there is no fineness or accuracy of suppression; if you hold down one thing, you hold down the adjoining. – Saul Bellow

Category:
Oppression

Random Quotes

The first requisite for success is the ability to apply your physical and mental energies to one problem incessantly without growing weary. – Charles Caleb Colton

Category:
Success

Love is like those second-rate hotels where all the luxury is in the lobby. – Paul-Jean Toulet

Category:
Love

To do nothing is sometimes a good remedy. – Hippocrates

Category:
Wise Words

Film editing is now something almost everyone can do at a simple level and enjoy it, but to take it to a higher level requires the same dedication and persistence that any art form does. – Walter Murch

Category:
Art