If God himself wills such misery on people whom I love, then I say I will deal with him
Eldridge CleaverIf 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 CleaverI 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 CleaverIn prison, those things withheld from and denied to the prisoner become precisely what he wants most of all.
Eldridge Cleaver