Steven Biko Quotes

I have always striven to raise the voice of hope for a world where hate gives way to respect and oppression to liberation.

Everyone should play their role in tearing down the wall of hatred.

And each of us can practice rights ourselves, treating each other without discrimination, respecting each other's dignity and rights.

What I really want to say: That what the world really needs is a real feeling of kinship. Everybody: stars, laborers, Negroes, Jews, Arabs. We are all brothers.

Another essential to a universal and durable peace is social justice.

We, as Americans, do our level best to avoid being cruel to one another; we're led out of a diverse nation to come together and learn how to live with one another in a way that elevates everyone and our way of life. We've tried mightily to renew and imagine - imagine anew what it means to be free, what it means to be fair.

The Universal Zulu Nation stands to acknowledge wisdom, understanding, freedom, justice, and equality, peace, unity, love, and having fun, work, overcoming the negative through the positive, science, mathematics, faith, facts, and the wonders of God, whether we call him Allah, Jehovah, Yahweh, or Jah.

No matter what vision one has of South Africa, the first thing that must be done is to destroy racism.

Now is not the time for us to shy away from challenging ourselves to make substantive change for the better. We have the opportunity to raise the bar in the faith-based world by forging a culture in which inclusivity, diversity, and equality are paramount.

Since its inception, our Nation has stood on the foundations of compassion and justice.

I would never treat anyone with disrespect just because they are different from me. We are all created by the Almighty, and like Him, I love all of humanity.

What we need in the United States is not division. What we need in the United States is not hatred. What we need in the United States is not violence or lawlessness, but love and wisdom and compassion toward one another, and a feeling of justice toward those who still suffer within our country whether they be white or they be black.

There must be no revenge … Our aim is to bring people of all races together. All citizens will by equal in the eyes of the law.

Up you mighty race. You can accomplish what you will! Build your future on these foundations: Freedom, Justice and Equality.

You can't build a new society by violating the rights of others.

There is no true freedom where life is not welcomed and loved; and there is no fullness of life except in freedom.

We are looking forward to a non-racial, just and egalitarian society in which color, creed and race shall form no point of reference.

To me you cannot be fully human, fully civilised, unless you recognise humanity in everyone.

Compassion, hope, and opportunity are some of the most fundamentally American values that we should fight like hell to protect.

I want to give something to the world that I feel I missed out on as a child, and I want to help people of all races, ethnicities, and orientations understand that no matter what differences we may think we have, everyone is a human, and everyone deserves to be respected and valued.

I want to construct a better country for each Brazilian: pacified, just, without hate or rancor.

In the end, I think everyone should be treated fairly.

I just think bad vibes and hate and Trump are getting so much airtime, we need to speak out loud for peace and equality and fairness and make sure we all know that there are a lot of us out here in the world that just want love.

My purpose is to unite people, to bring us together. And above all, to be a champion for justice and a vehement opponent of oppression and justice.

We're all people, no matter what colour.