It is the dictate of history to bring to the fore the kind of leaders who seize the moment, who cohere the wishes and aspirations of the oppressed. Such was Steve Biko, a fitting product of his time; a proud representative of the re-awakening of a people.

The ones that you're calling wild are going to be the leaders in a little while.

Real leaders must be ready to sacrifice all for the freedom of their people.

We need leaders not in love with money but in love with justice. Not in love with publicity but in love with humanity.

My authoritarian and quick manner of making decisions led me to have serious problems and to be accused of being ultraconservative. I have never been a right-winger. It was my authoritarian way of making decisions that created problems.

Mountaintops inspire leaders but valleys mature them.