I write what I like.
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.
It is better to die for an idea that will live, than to live for an idea that will die.
You are either alive and proud or you are dead, and when you are dead, you can’t care anyway.
Being black is not a matter of pigmentation – being black is a reflection of a mental attitude.
The wealth of the country must eventually be enjoyed by people of the country.
Change the way people think and things will never be the same.
Sure there are a few good whites just as much as there are a few bad Blacks. However what we are concerned here with is group attitudes and group politics. The exception does not make a lie or the rule – it merely substantiates it.
The blacks are tired of standing at the touchlines to witness a game that they should be playing. They want to do things for themselves and all by themselves.
I would like to remind the black ministry and indeed all black people that God is not in the habit of coming down from heaven to solve people’s problems on earth.
We must realise that prophetic cry of black students: Black man you are on your own!
The great powers of the world may have done wonders in giving the world an industrial and military look but the great gift still has to come from Africa – giving the world a more human face.
The oneness of community for instance is at the heart of our culture.
A community is easily divided when their perception of the same thing is different.
In time, we shall be in a position to bestow on South Africa the greatest possible gift – a more human face.
Black man, you are on your own.
Apartheid – both petty and grand – is obviously evil.
I am against the fact that a settler minority should impose an entire system of values on an indigenous people.
People must be aware of their problems in a realistic way. They must be able to analyse their problems and to work out common solutions. In other words a community is easily divided when their perception of the same thing is different.
If one is free at heart, no man-made chains can bind one to servitude.