It’s true that in reading an interview, I have a little critique of the objectification of women in a [Playboy] magazine that is perceived to doing that.
CORNEL WESTBeing a Christian is not a political orientation for the president, but he is a centrist.
More Cornel West Quotes
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I loathe nationalism. It is a form of tribalism–the idolatry of the 20th century.
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There is no fundamental social change by being simply of individual and interpersonal actions. You have to have organizations and institutions that make a fundamental difference.
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You must let suffering speak, if you want to hear the truth
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Of course, the aim of a constitutional democracy is to safeguard the rights of the minority and avoid the tyranny of the majority. (p. 102)
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Hey, you got something going here. I think we’ve got a chance for some progressive policy that actually focuses on poor and working people.
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I don’t draw any distinctions between forms of bigotry or forms of ideology that lose sight of the humanity of people. I can’t stand white supremacy. I can’t stand male supremacy. I can’t stand imperial subjugation. I can’t stand homophobia.
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We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.
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When ordinary people wake up, elites begin to tremble in their boots.
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I do believe that not just the churches but strong communities, strong trade unions, strong families can make a difference in terms of producing persons much more virtuous than what one usually finds in a gangster culture.
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He who learns death unlearns slavery.
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Anger can be a bitterness that devours your soul while righteous indignation is morally driven, it’s ethically driven.
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Going all the way back to Jeremiah Wright and Tavis Smiley and Van Jones and even Shirley Sherrod and maybe even Maxine Waters and Charles Rangel. We’re going to see what his [Barack Obama] response is.
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You can’t have a high-quality relationship without time and without trust.
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Martin Luther King’s legacy is never to be measured by bricks and mortar, but rather by the kind of lives that we live, and the kind of love and service that we render.
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Anytime I look at a president, I don’t care what color he is.
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