3 Steve Biko Quotes on Power

Steve Biko quotes on power

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

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7. The system concedes nothing without demand, for it formulates its very method of operation on the basis that the ignorant will learn to know, the child will grow into an adult and therefore demands will begin to be made. It gears itself to resist demands in whatever way it sees fit.

11. 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.