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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
category

A handful of soldiers is always better than a mouthful of arguments. – G. C. (Georg Christoph) Lichtenberg

Category:
Oppression

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

Do not be misled by the fact that you are at liberty and relatively free; that for the moment you are not under lock and key: you have simply been granted a reprieve. – Ryszard Kapuscinski

Category:
Oppression

You cannot raise the standard against oppression, or leap into the breach to relieve injustice, and still keep an open mind to every disconcerting fact, or an open ear to the cold voice of doubt. – Judge Learned Hand

Category:
Oppression

Random Quotes

I nod to a passing stranger, and the stranger nods back, and two human beings go off, feeling a little less anonymous. – Robert Brault, rbrault.blogspot.com

Category:
Community

Although it has been said by men of more wit than wisdom, and perhaps more malice than either, that women are naturally incapable of acting prudently, or that they are necessarily determined to folly, I must by no means grant it. – Mary Astell

Category:
Wisdom

I love the valiant; but it is not enough to wield a broadsword, one must also know against whom. – Friedrich Nietzsche, Thus Spake Zarathustra

Category:
Purpose

The IRS! Theyre like the Mafia, they can take anything they want! – Jerry Seinfeld

Category:
funny