We do not want to be reminded that it is we, the indigenous people, who are poor and exploited in the land of our birth. These are concepts which the Black Consciousness approach wishes to eradicate from the black man's mind before our society is driven to chaos by irresponsible people from Coca-cola and hamburger cultural backgrounds.

At the time of his death, Biko had a wife and three children for which he left a letter that stated in one part: “I've devoted my life to see equality for blacks, and at the same time, I've denied the needs of my family. Please understand that I take these actions, not out of selfishness or arrogance, but to preserve a South Africa worth living in for blacks and whites.

I'm going to be me as I am, and you can beat me or jail me or even kill me, but I'm not going to be what you want me to be.

I am against the fact that a settler minority should impose an entire system of values on an indigenous people.

If you want to say something radical, you should dress conservative.

It is better to die for an idea that will live, than to live for an idea that will die.

It becomes more necessary to see the truth as it is if you realize that the only vehicle for change are these people who have lost their personality.