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Eldridge Cleaver was an American writer, activist, and political figure, best known for his involvement in the Black Panther Party and his influential book 'Soul on Ice'.

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Famous Eldridge Cleaver Quotes

“In the increasingly mechanized, automated, cybernated environment of the modern world a cold, bodiless world of wheels, smooth plastic surfaces, tubes, pushbuttons, transistors, computers, jet propulsion, rockets to the moon, atomic energy man's need for affirmation of his biology has become that much more intense.”

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Book:SOUL ON ICE

Source: SOUL ON ICE

“With all its faults, the American political system is the freest and most democratic in the world.”

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Book:Target Zero: A Life in Writing

Source: Target Zero: A Life in Writing

“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.”

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Book:SOUL ON ICE

Source: SOUL ON ICE

“But it is not that easy, is it? I seek a lasting relationship, something permanent in a world of change, in which all is transitory, ephemeral, and full of pain.”

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Book:SOUL ON ICE

Source: SOUL ON ICE

About the Author

Born: August 31, 1935
Died: May 1, 1998
Known for: Writer
Quotes: 41

Books & Sources

SOUL ON ICERelated source material

Target Zero: A Life in WritingRelated source material

Soul on FireRelated source material

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