Eldridge Cleaver Quotes

Be part of the solution and answer to the problem versus part of the problem and continuing argument around it.

Better remain silent, better not even think, if you are not prepared to act.

If you have an opportunity to reach people on a broad scale, it's not enough to just entertain people. You have to take responsibility. You has to do something substantial. Otherwise you're squandering what you have.

Any time you have a platform or any influence, it's really important to use and make the most of it.

It doesn't matter how strong your opinions are. If you don't use your power for positive change, you are, indeed, part of the problem.

There are times in life when, instead of complaining, you do something about your complaints.

If you don't like the way the world is, you change it. You have an obligation to change it. You just do it one step at a time.

If it doesn't start with you, it dies with you.

I think that everyone has the power to make a change in the world.

I never thought we had a chance of impacting anything. I am just starting to realize that we can change things - not just VICE, but all of us. In fact, we have to.

I could make a difference.

We live in a world that is full of problems, and we are the solutions to those problems.

Unless someone like you cares a whole awful lot, nothing is going to get better. It's not.

Those who refuse to reform may not make mistakes, but they will be blamed for not assuming their historical responsibility.

We've got to be responsible, somebody's got to be responsible for it.

Every era demands its own answers, and if one wants to do good, one must be prepared for them.

For every social wrong there must be a remedy.

Don't let it happen when the time comes, that you will be blamed by the next generation because you did nothing. Don't allow yourself to just stay at the side, clap your hands, smile, and wave your as we create history. i hope you can join in creating history.

If heads don’t roll, nobody makes any changes

The important thing is the solution to the problem, not who gets the credit.

Every problem we have in this country we created and we can fix it.

When you face up to bad things in the past, the most important thing is not to allow them to happen today or in the future, and as storytellers, we must play our part in that.

When you work as a humanitarian, you are conscious that politics have to be considered. Because if you really want to make an extreme change, then you have a responsibility.

I've always believed that talking about something is not the same as doing something about it.

We have the opportunity and the responsibility to lead our country to a better and brighter future, and I cannot wait to roll up my sleeves and get back to work.