#ma

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

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What America demands in her black champions is a brilliant, powerful body and a dull, bestial mind. ↗

— Eldridge Cleaver

#bestial #black #body #brilliant #champions

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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History could pass for a scarlet text, its jot and title graven red in human blood. ↗

— Eldridge Cleaver

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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

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If you give it good concentration, good energy, good heart and good performance, the song will play you. ↗

— Levon Helm

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Respect commands itself and can neither be given nor withheld when it is due. ↗

— Eldridge Cleaver

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I've gone beyond civil rights and human rights to creation rights. ↗

— Eldridge Cleaver

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There are people walking around the streets of Kansas City who are unemployed, while one of our largest employers is not only sending jobs aboard, but then turning around and making a statement about preserving jobs. ↗

— Emanuel Cleaver

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When you're out of office, you can be a statesman. ↗

— John Connally

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