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The wonderful thing about the black church for me is that it forces you to come to terms with the centrality of love in the world.
Cornel West
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Cornel West
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: June 2
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And when I talk about love, I'm talking about something that's great, though, brother. I'm talking about something that will sustain you.
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Every empire suffers from hubris, arrogance and condescension, and therefore a moral blindness. That's true of the American empire, it was true of the British Empireearlier, and it will certainly be true of the Chinese Empire in the future.
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