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Quotation[0] = "In a democracy, such as ours ought to be, all societal elements ought to contend with one another without violence, suppression or terrorization of one another. - Mosibudi Mangena"; Quotation[1] = "Our so-called leaders have become the bolts of the same machine which is crushing us as a nation. - Onkgopotse Tiro"; Quotation[2] = "We Black graduates, by virtue of our age and academic standing are being called upon to bear greater responsibilities in the liberation of our people. - Onkgopotse Tiro"; Quotation[3] = "My dear people, shall we ever get a fair deal in this land? The land of our fathers. The system is failing. - Onkgopotse Tiro"; Quotation[4] = "...to me ”truth” means ”practical reality.” - Onkgopotse Tiro"; Quotation[5] = "I am black. Black like my mother. Black like the sufferers. Black like the continent. - Mthuli ka Shezi"; Quotation[6] = "Black Consciousness is an attitude of the mind and a way of life, the most positive call to emanate from the black world for a long time. - Stephen Bantu Biko"; Quotation[7] = "Black man, you are on your own. - Stephen Bantu Biko"; Quotation[8] = "In time, we shall be in a position to bestow on South Africa the greatest possible gift - a more human face. - Stephen Bantu Biko"; Quotation[9] = "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. - Stephen Bantu Biko"; Quotation[10] = "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. - Stephen Bantu Biko"; Quotation[11] = "So as a prelude whites must be made to realise that they are only human, not superior. Same with Blacks. They must be made to realise that they are also human, not inferior. - Stephen Bantu Biko"; Quotation[12] = "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. - Stephen Bantu Biko"; Quotation[13] = "The most potent weapon of the oppressor is the mind of the oppressed. - Stephen Bantu Biko"; Quotation[14] = "Let us claim with joy the legacy, the dream, of the unfinished business we received from Steve Biko. - Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane"; Quotation[15] = "...servant leadership is the very best of leadership, its highest calling. - Archbishop Njongonkulu Ndungane"; Quotation[16] = "The vast majority of us in this house, together with compatriots in the townships and villages, are in a giant cell, without a key. - Mosibudi Mangena"; Quotation[17] = "The provision of so-called overseas development aid to the continent over many decades has done nothing to reduce poverty in Africa. - Mosibudi Mangena"; Quotation[18] = "We would in time become a society where merit has no currency and values such as honesty, hard work and integrity would not be treasured. - Mosibudi Mangena"; Quotation[19] = "Through our own experience, we have seen how damaging it is for a people to believe in their own inferiority. - Mosibudi Mangena"; Quotation[20] = "What we are seeing is the debasement of the noble notions of redress, empowerment and affirmative action. - Mosibudi Mangena"; Quotation[21] = "As long as we fail, as a society, to give youngsters skills and good character through education, the criminal justice system will continue to battle difficult odds. - Mosibudi Mangena"; Quotation[22] = "This movement nurtured me, educated me and moulded me into the person I am today; it gave me a world view, an attitude of mind, a way of life; it taught me to love our people, to hate injustice and oppression; it gave me a deep appreciation of the worth of black people, a desire to serve them and a dedication to promote black excellence. - Mosibudi Mangena"; Quotation[23] = "The magic story of human achievement gives irrefutable proof that as soon as nationalism is awakened among the intelligentsia, it becomes the vanguard in the struggle against alien rule. Of what use will be your education if you can't help your country in her hour of need? If your education is not linked with the entire continent of Africa it is meaningless. - Onkgopotse Tiro, April 1972"; Quotation[24] = "...for those of us who actively fought for emancipation, endured torture, imprisonment, exile, banning orders and buried some of our comrades who died in pursuit of freedom, it is rather galling to see the beneficiaries of liberation turning their backs on the democratic process. - Mosibudi Mangena"; Quotation[25] = "A sulking citizen might be a potential source of instability in a country, and the larger the number of the non-voting citizens, the greater is the potential for problems. - Mosibudi Mangena"; Quotation[26] = "...the rights they have to demonstrate or strike entail the recognition of the rights of fellow citizens to safety, life, free movement and associate or dissociate. - Mosibudi Mangena"; // ====================================== // Do not change anything below this line // ====================================== var Q = Quotation.length; var whichQuotation=Math.round(Math.random()*(Q-1)); function showQuotation(){document.write(Quotation[whichQuotation]);} showQuotation();