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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.
Cornel West
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Cornel West
Age: 71
Born: 1953
Born: June 2
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For most of the history of the American empire, government has been a tool for preserving and furthering the power and might of white male corporate elites.
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We had a much deeper sense of community in '67 than we do in '97. This is important to say that not in a nostalgic way because it's not as if '67 was a time when things were so good.
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