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

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The Twist was a guided missile, launched from the ghetto into the very heart of suburbia. The Twist succeeded, as politics, religion, and law could never do, in writing in the heart and soul what the Supreme Court could only write on the books. – Eldridge Cleaver

Category:
Dance, Dancing
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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

Category:
Heroes/Heroism
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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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Prison
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Among those who are satisfactory in this respect it is desirable to have represented as great a diversity of intellectual tradition, social milieu and personal character as possible. – Talcott Parsons

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respect

I remember I read this harsh review about my show, and one of my friends told me that this was the exact same stuff people said about Madonna. And its like, she didnt care. Madonna just came out and was herself. I respect that a lot. – Britney Spears

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respect

I have great respect for directors who know what theyre doing. – Bill Mumy

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respect

It has been wisely observed by the greatest of modern thinkers that mankind has progressed more rapidly in every other respect than in morality. – Lafcadio Hearn

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respect

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Everyone is necessarily the hero of his own life story. – John Barth

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The best way to get a puppy is to beg for a baby brother — and they’ll settle for a puppy every time. – Winston Pendelton

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Brothers

Peace and not war is the father of all things. – Ludwig von Mises

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Peace

Do you know what a soldier is, young man? Hes the chap who makes it possible for civilised folk to despise war. – Allan Massie

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War