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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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eldridge-cleaver/if-a-man-like-malcolm-x-could-change-and-repudiate-racism-if-i-myself/)

[Eldridge Cleaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eldridge-cleaver/)

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## More by Eldridge Cleaver

> [The myth of the strong black woman is the other side of the coin of the myth of the beautiful dumb blonde.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eldridge-cleaver/the-myth-of-the-strong-black-woman-is-the-other-side-of-the-coin-of/)

[Eldridge Cleaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eldridge-cleaver/)

> [In the increasingly mechanized, automated, cybernated environment of the modern world a cold, bodiless world of wheels, smooth plastic surfaces, tubes, pushbuttons, transistors, computers,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eldridge-cleaver/in-the-increasingly-mechanized-automated-cybernated-environment-of/)

[Eldridge Cleaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eldridge-cleaver/)

> [If God himself wills such misery on people whom I love, then I say I will deal with him](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eldridge-cleaver/if-god-himself-wills-such-misery-on-people-whom-i-love-then-i-say-i/)

[Eldridge Cleaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eldridge-cleaver/)

> [“I may even swagger a little, and, as I read in a book somewhere, 'push myself forward like a train.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eldridge-cleaver/i-may-even-swagger-a-little-and-as-i-read-in-a-book-somewhere-push/)

[Eldridge Cleaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eldridge-cleaver/)

> [The most revolutionary statement in history is "Love thine enemy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eldridge-cleaver/the-most-revolutionary-statement-in-history-is-love-thine-enemy/)

[Eldridge Cleaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eldridge-cleaver/)

> [I know that the black man's sick attitude toward the white woman is a revolutionary sickness: it keeps him perpetually out of harmony with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eldridge-cleaver/i-know-that-the-black-man-s-sick-attitude-toward-the-white-woman-is-a/)

[Eldridge Cleaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eldridge-cleaver/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eldridge-cleaver/americans-think-of-themselves-collectively-as-a-huge-rescue-squad-on/)

[Eldridge Cleaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eldridge-cleaver/)

> [With all its faults, the American political system is the freest and most democratic in the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eldridge-cleaver/with-all-its-faults-the-american-political-system-is-the-freest-and/)

[Eldridge Cleaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eldridge-cleaver/)

> [I've gone beyond civil rights and human rights to creation rights.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eldridge-cleaver/i-ve-gone-beyond-civil-rights-and-human-rights-to-creation-rights/)

[Eldridge Cleaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eldridge-cleaver/)

> [“If you are not a part of the solution, you are a part of the problem.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eldridge-cleaver/if-you-are-not-a-part-of-the-solution-you-are-a-part-of-the-problem/)

[Eldridge Cleaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eldridge-cleaver/)

> [“Respect commands itself and it can neither be given nor withheld when it is due.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eldridge-cleaver/respect-commands-itself-and-it-can-neither-be-given-nor-withheld-when/)

[Eldridge Cleaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eldridge-cleaver/)

> [The racist conscience of America is such that murder does not register as murder really, unless the victim is white... blacks knew that white…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eldridge-cleaver/the-racist-conscience-of-america-is-such-that-murder-does-not/)

[Eldridge Cleaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eldridge-cleaver/)

> [Every time I embrace a black woman I’m embracing slavery, and when I put my arms around a white woman, well, I’m hugging freedom.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eldridge-cleaver/every-time-i-embrace-a-black-woman-i-m-embracing-slavery-and-when-i/)

[Eldridge Cleaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eldridge-cleaver/)

> [The price of hating other human beings is loving oneself less.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eldridge-cleaver/the-price-of-hating-other-human-beings-is-loving-oneself-less/)

[Eldridge Cleaver](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eldridge-cleaver/)

> [“I have tried to mislead you. I am not humble at all. I have no humility and I do not fear you in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eldridge-cleaver/i-have-tried-to-mislead-you-i-am-not-humble-at-all-i-have-no-humility/)

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