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You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people if you don't serve the people.
Cornel West
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Cornel West
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: June 2
Actor
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Tulsa
Oklahoma
Cornel Ronald West
Cornel R. West
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Death is always a constant possibility and probability and of course an inevitability, as well.
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liberty, which means resisting all forms of cultural authoritarianism, be it from the right wing church, black ideologues, black nationalists, or mainstream white media. We have to accent liberty and freedom of expression and thought in all their forms.
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