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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

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

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Racism
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Steve Biko
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Other Quotes from
Oppression
category

We fight, get beat, rise, and fight again. – Nathanael Greene

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

Tyranny destroys or strengthens the individual; freedom enervates him, until he becomes no more than a puppet. Man has more chances of saving himself by hell than by paradise. – E. M. Cioran

Category:
Oppression

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

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Oppression

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He who would accomplish little must sacrifice little; he who would achieve much must sacrifice much; he who would attain highly must sacrifice greatly. – James Allen

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Sacrifice

If you dont know how to die, dont worry Nature will tell you what to do on the spot, fully and adequately. She will do this job perfectly for you dont bother your head about it. – Michel de Montaigne

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I would never encourage my children to be athletes – first because my children are not athletes and second because there are so many people pushing to get to the top in sports that 100 people are crushed for each one who breaks through. This is unfortunate. – Bill James

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Sports