Mamphela Ramphele

“"The double jeopardy of being black and female in a racist and sexist society may well make one less afraid of the sanctions against success. A non-subservient black woman is by definition a transgressive; she is the ultimate outsider."”

“"My crime was daring to have books that the apartheid government deemed unhealthy for a native's mind."”

“"Why would a person's education be interrupted because they refused to wave a flag?"”

“"Mandela's leadership welded together segments of society."”

“"People whose minds were freed were not going to go back into the box."”

“"If your mind is imprisoned, you're imprisoned."”

“"You either get destroyed by pain or you get strengthened by it."”

“"South Africa does not have a poverty problem. Poverty is a result of denialism of the way corruption taxes poor people, the inefficiencies that undermine poor people's opportunities and our refusal to admit that we are part of the problem."”

“"We carry scars in our minds and bodies as toxins. Our failure to sit together and acknowledge to one another the wounds and pain of our divided past is undermining our humanity."”

“"True liberation comes not only from political freedom but also from economic and social justice."”

“"Attitudes toward other creatures is conditioned by one's level of security within the universe."”

“"Our diversity should be seen as a strength, not a weakness."”