Apartheid — both petty and grand — is obviously evil. Nothing can justify the arrogant assumption that a clique of foreigners has the right to decide on the lives of a majority. I Write What I Like (1978)
In time, we shall be in a position to bestow on South Africa the greatest possible gift—a more human face. I Write What I Like (1978)
We must realise that prophetic cry of black students: "Black man you are on your own!" I Write What I Like (1978)
The system concedes nothing without demand, for it formulates its very method of operation on the basis that the ignorant will learn to know, the child will grow into an adult and therefore demands will begin to be made. It gears itself to resist demands in whatever way it sees fit. I Write What I Like (1978)