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Eldridge Cleaver quotes

American Activist August 31, 1935 – May 1, 1998

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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... Eldridge Cleaver
Eldridge Cleaver quote: "The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less."
The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less. Eldridge Cleaver
I know that sometimes people fake on each other out of genuine motives to hold onto the object of their tenderest feelings. They see themselves as so inadequate that they feel forced to wear a mask in order to continuously impress the other. I do not want to "hold" you, I want you to "stay" out of your own need for me. Eldridge Cleaver
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
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
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
Eldridge Cleaver quote: "I may even swagger a little, and, as I read in a book..."
I may even swagger a little, and, as I read in a book somewhere, 'push myself forward like a train. Eldridge Cleaver
Eldridge Cleaver quote: "All the gods are dead except the god of war."
All the gods are dead except the god of war. Eldridge Cleaver
Eldridge Cleaver quote: "What America demands in her black champions is a brilliant,..."
What America demands in her black champions is a brilliant, powerful body and a dull, bestial mind. Eldridge Cleaver
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
Eldridge Cleaver quote: "Respect commands itself and it can neither be given nor..."
Respect commands itself and it can neither be given nor withheld when it is due. Eldridge Cleaver
Eldridge Cleaver quote: "Respect commands itself and can neither be given nor withheld..."
Respect commands itself and can neither be given nor withheld when it is due. Eldridge Cleaver
Eldridge Cleaver quote: "I have taken an oath in my heart to oppose communism until the..."
I have taken an oath in my heart to oppose communism until the day I die. Eldridge Cleaver
Eldridge Cleaver quote: "History could pass for a scarlet text, its jot and title..."
History could pass for a scarlet text, its jot and title graven red in human blood. Eldridge Cleaver
Eldridge Cleaver quote: "You don't have to teach people how to be human. You have to..."
You don't have to teach people how to be human. You have to teach them how to stop being inhuman. Eldridge Cleaver

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