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Eldridge Cleaver Quotes

Everybody changes, not just me Picture Quote #1

What America demands in her black champions is a brilliant, powerful body and a dull, bestial mind Picture Quote #1

There is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows a supine submission to wrong and injustice and the consequent loss of national self-respect and honor, beneath which are shielded and defended a people’s safety and greatness Picture Quote #1

If a man like Malcolm X could change and repudiate racism, if I myself and other former Muslims can change, if young whites can change, then there is hope for America Picture Quote #1

In the increasingly mechanized, automated, cybernated environment of the modern world a cold, bodiless world of wheels, smooth plastic surfaces, tubes, pushbuttons, transistors, computers, jet propulsion, rockets to the moon, atomic energy man’s need for affirmation of his biology has become that much more intense Picture Quote #1

With all its faults, the American political system is the freest and most democratic in the world Picture Quote #1

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If God himself wills such misery on people whom I love, then I say I will deal with him Picture Quote #1

The Twist was a guided missile launched from the ghetto into the heart of suburbia. The Twist succeeded, as politics, religion and law could never do, in writing in the heart and soul what the Supreme Court could only write on the books Picture Quote #1

If a man like Malcolm X could change and repudiate racism, if I myself and other former Muslims can change, if young whites can change, then there is hope for America Picture Quote #1

But it is not that easy, is it? I seek a lasting relationship, something permanent in a world of change, in which all is transitory, ephemeral, and full of pain Picture Quote #1

The myth of the strong black woman is the other side of the coin of the myth of the beautiful dumb blonde Picture Quote #1

I’ve gone beyond civil rights and human rights to creation rights Picture Quote #1

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Respect commands itself and can neither be given nor withheld when it is due Picture Quote #1

All the gods are dead except the God of war Picture Quote #1

The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less Picture Quote #1

Too much agreement kills a chat Picture Quote #1

Americans think of themselves collectively as a huge rescue squad on twenty-four-hour call to any spot on the globe where dispute and conflict may erupt Picture Quote #1

You’re either part of the solution or you’re part of the problem Picture Quote #1

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If you are not a part of the solution, you are a part of the problem Picture Quote #1

History could pass for a scarlet text, its jot and title graven red in human blood Picture Quote #1

I have taken an oath in my heart to oppose communism until the day I die Picture Quote #1

In prison, those things withheld from and denied to the prisoner become precisely what he wants most of all Picture Quote #1

You don’t have to teach people how to be human. You have to teach them how to stop being inhuman Picture Quote #1

And we had thought that our hard climb out of that cruel valley led to some cool, green, and peaceful, sunlit place but it’s all jungle here, a wild and savage wilderness that’s overrun with ruins Picture Quote #1

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Rape was an insurrectionary act... I wanted to send waves of consternation throughout the white race Picture Quote #1

What were saying today is that you’re either part of the solution or you’re part of the problem Picture Quote #1

I have lived those lines and I know that if I had not been apprehended I would have slit some white throats Picture Quote #1

I feel that I am a citizen of the American dream and that the revolutionary struggle of which I am a part is a struggle against the American nightmare Picture Quote #1

We shall have our manhood. We shall have it or the earth will be leveled by our attempts to gain it Picture Quote #1

And why does it make you sad to see how everything hangs by such thin and whimsical threads? Because you’re a dreamer, an incredible dreamer, with a tiny spark hidden somewhere inside you which cannot die, which even you cannot kill or quench and which tortures you horribly because all the odds are against its continual burning. In the midst of the foulest decay and putrid savagery, this spark speaks to you of beauty, of human warmth and kindness, of goodness, of greatness, of heroism, of martyrdom, and it speaks to you of love Picture Quote #1

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Everybody changes, not just me (Eldridge Cleaver Quotes) What America demands in her black champions is a brilliant, powerful body and a dull, bestial mind (Eldridge Cleaver Quotes) There is no calamity which a great nation can invite which equals that which follows a supine submission to wrong and injustice and the consequent loss of national self-respect and honor, beneath which are shielded and defended a people’s safety and greatness. (Eldridge Cleaver Quotes) If a man like Malcolm X could change and repudiate racism, if I myself and other former Muslims can change, if young whites can change, then there is hope for America. (Eldridge Cleaver Quotes) In the increasingly mechanized, automated, cybernated environment of the modern world a cold, bodiless world of wheels, smooth plastic surfaces, tubes, pushbuttons, transistors, computers, jet propulsion, rockets to the moon, atomic energy man’s need for affirmation of his biology has become that much more intense. (Eldridge Cleaver Quotes) With all its faults, the American political system is the freest and most democratic in the world (Eldridge Cleaver Quotes) If God himself wills such misery on people whom I love, then I say I will deal with him (Eldridge Cleaver Quotes) The Twist was a guided missile launched from the ghetto into the heart of suburbia. The Twist succeeded, as politics, religion and law could never do, in writing in the heart and soul what the Supreme Court could only write on the books (Eldridge Cleaver Quotes) If a man like Malcolm X could change and repudiate racism, if I myself and other former Muslims can change, if young whites can change, then there is hope for America (Eldridge Cleaver Quotes) But it is not that easy, is it? I seek a lasting relationship, something permanent in a world of change, in which all is transitory, ephemeral, and full of pain (Eldridge Cleaver Quotes) The myth of the strong black woman is the other side of the coin of the myth of the beautiful dumb blonde (Eldridge Cleaver Quotes) I’ve gone beyond civil rights and human rights to creation rights (Eldridge Cleaver Quotes) Respect commands itself and can neither be given nor withheld when it is due (Eldridge Cleaver Quotes) All the gods are dead except the God of war (Eldridge Cleaver Quotes) The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less (Eldridge Cleaver Quotes) Too much agreement kills a chat (Eldridge Cleaver Quotes) Americans think of themselves collectively as a huge rescue squad on twenty-four-hour call to any spot on the globe where dispute and conflict may erupt (Eldridge Cleaver Quotes) You’re either part of the solution or you’re part of the problem (Eldridge Cleaver Quotes) If you are not a part of the solution, you are a part of the problem (Eldridge Cleaver Quotes) History could pass for a scarlet text, its jot and title graven red in human blood (Eldridge Cleaver Quotes) I have taken an oath in my heart to oppose communism until the day I die (Eldridge Cleaver Quotes) In prison, those things withheld from and denied to the prisoner become precisely what he wants most of all (Eldridge Cleaver Quotes) You don’t have to teach people how to be human. You have to teach them how to stop being inhuman (Eldridge Cleaver Quotes) And we had thought that our hard climb out of that cruel valley led to some cool, green, and peaceful, sunlit place but it’s all jungle here, a wild and savage wilderness that’s overrun with ruins (Eldridge Cleaver Quotes) Rape was an insurrectionary act... I wanted to send waves of consternation throughout the white race (Eldridge Cleaver Quotes) What were saying today is that you’re either part of the solution or you’re part of the problem (Eldridge Cleaver Quotes) I have lived those lines and I know that if I had not been apprehended I would have slit some white throats (Eldridge Cleaver Quotes) I feel that I am a citizen of the American dream and that the revolutionary struggle of which I am a part is a struggle against the American nightmare (Eldridge Cleaver Quotes) We shall have our manhood. We shall have it or the earth will be leveled by our attempts to gain it (Eldridge Cleaver Quotes) And why does it make you sad to see how everything hangs by such thin and whimsical threads? Because you’re a dreamer, an incredible dreamer, with a tiny spark hidden somewhere inside you which cannot die, which even you cannot kill or quench and which tortures you horribly because all the odds are against its continual burning. In the midst of the foulest decay and putrid savagery, this spark speaks to you of beauty, of human warmth and kindness, of goodness, of greatness, of heroism, of martyrdom, and it speaks to you of love (Eldridge Cleaver Quotes)

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