Here are some quotes from Archbishop Desmond Tutu at the 7th Steve Biko Memorial Lecutre, Sept 26, 2006 at Univ of Cape Town
"extraordinary greatness is measured by how much a person has served others"
"it was fun, painful fun, but fun" (referring to participation in the struggle against apartheid)
"black consciousness did not finish the work it set out to do"
"perhaps we did not realize how apartheid damaged us; that we have lost our sense of right and wrong"
"it seems as if we have perverted our freedom"
"now we have an obligation to obey the laws set out by our elected government"
...to respect ourselves...to respect others.
"the best memorial to Steve Biko would be a country where everyone respects themselves and has a positive self image and identity"
take seriously the cry of the coloured community!
take seriously the danger of ethnic strife and 'ethno-cracies'!
take seriously the problem of xenophobia!
and be sensitive towards issues of memorialisation.
"We, South Africans, are a scintillating success waiting to happen."
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