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Respect commands itself and can neither be given nor withheld when

Respect commands itself and can neither be given nor withheld when it is due. – Eldridge Cleaver

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In prison, those things withheld from and denied to the prisoner become precisely what he wants most of all. – Eldridge Cleaver

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Americans think of themselves collectively as a huge rescue squad on twenty-four-hour call to any spot on the globe where dispute and conflict may erupt. – Eldridge Cleaver

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The paper tiger hero, James Bond, offering the whites a triumphant image of themselves, is saying what many whites want desperately to hear reaffirmed: I am still the White Man, lord of the land, licensed to kill, and the world is still an empire at my feet. – Eldridge Cleaver

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When I started, you didnt make a lot of money by being a comedian. You didnt get a lot of respect. – David Steinberg

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To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth. – Voltaire

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