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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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You keep folks so intimidated. You can give them money, access, but they're still scared. And as long as you're scared, you're on the plantation.
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Martin Luther King was not a Marxist or a communist, but his radical love leads him to put poor and working people at the center.
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I don't believe in the elimination of evil. But I believe in fightin' against evil.
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Death is always a constant possibility and probability and of course an inevitability, as well.
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There is no such thing as institutional conditions without any individual actions and no such thing as individual action without institutional conditions. So there is always personal responsibility.
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If you are always trying to do something for a cause bigger than you - connected with serving others - then it is hard to be guilty.
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