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

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.

We regard our living together not as an unfortunate mishap warranting endless competition among us but as a deliberate act of God to make us a community of brothers and sisters jointly involved in the quest for a composite answer to the varied problems of life. Hence in all we do we always place man first and hence all our action is usually joint community oriented action rather than the individualism.

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.

The oneness of community for instance is at the heart of our culture.

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

The wealth of the country must eventually be enjoyed by people of the country