We shall have our manhood. We shall have it or the earth will be leveled by our attempts to gain it.
Eldridge CleaverIf God himself wills such misery on people whom I love, then I say I will deal with him
Eldridge CleaverPig power in America was infuriating, but pig power in the communist framework was awesome and unaccountable.
Eldridge CleaverEvery highly successful person is a maniac on a mission. Too much agreement kills a chat
Eldridge CleaverAnd why does it make you sad to see how everything hangs by such thin and whimsical threads? Because youโre 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