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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

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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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I began to realize how important it is to be able to know your gifts and dreams, to live in the moment, to work less hard and to let things flow. I embraced the fact that worry never is a good thing. I learned that I could control my thoughts, which then affects my feelings and the quality of my life. ↗

— Sheri Kaye Hoff

#inspirational #positive-thinking #dreams

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

#how #human #inhuman #people #stop

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

— Eldridge Cleaver

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You can cut the tension with a cricket stump. ↗

— Murray Walker

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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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