It is the dictate of history to bring to the fore the kind of leaders who seize the moment, who cohere the wishes and aspirations of the oppressed. Such was Steve Biko, a fitting product of his time; a proud representative of the re-awakening of a people.

For a revolution is not just a question of pulling a trigger; its purpose is to create a fair just society

Let us not be tempted by those who try to find the unique qualities in a particular group. In this case, among South Africa indigenous people, it reflected what has been evidenced throughout the world.

I can't pretend that I'm brave and that I can beat the whole world.

Continuously, we have to fight to defeat the primitive tendency towards the glorification of arms, the adulation of force, born of the illusion that injustice can be perpetuated by the capacity to kill, or that disputes are necessarily best resolved by resort to violent means.

I have never cared very much for personal prizes. A person does not become a freedom fighter in the hope of winning awards.

We should take heart from our own experience and performance. In a cynical world we have become an inspiration to many.