"Respect commands itself and can neither be given nor withheld when it is due." ― Eldridge Cleaver Topic(s): Respect More From Eldridge Cleaver "The Twist was a guided missile launched from the ghetto into the 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." "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." More In Respect "And in this respect, the Israeli-Palestinian conflict has been a tragedy, a clash between one very powerful, very convincing, very painful claim over this land and another no less powerful, no less convincing claim."― Amos Oz "The cross is the centre of all this in every respect."― John Nelson Darby "Some people lose all respect for the lion unless he devours them instantly. There is no pleasing some people."― Will Cuppy