In all fields black consciousness seeks to talk to the black man in a language that is his own

In time, we shall be in a position to bestow on South Africa the greatest possible gift - a more human face.

Merely by describing yourself as black you have started on a road towards emancipation, you have committed yourself to fight against all forces that seek to use your blackness as a stamp that marks you out as a subservient being.

What Black Consciousness seeks to do is to produce real black people who do not regard themselves as appendages to white society. We do not need to apologise for this because it is true that the white systems have produced through the world a number of people who are not aware that they too are people.

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

We believe in the inherent goodness of man.

The basic tenet of black consciousness is that the black man must reject all value systems that seek to make him a foreigner in the country of his birth and reduce his basic human dignity.