When ordinary people wake up, elites begin to tremble in their boots. They can't get away with their abuse. They can't get away with subjection. They can't get away with subjugation. They can't get away with exploitation. They can't get away with domination. It takes courage for folk to stand up.
Cornel WestThe women can always choose the patriarchal models, and you end up with a Margaret Thatcher.
Cornel WestMartin Luther King wanted to be morally consistent and speak out against various things that were wrong, not just racism.
Cornel WestWe want an economic team, Paul Krugman and Robert Kuttner, Joseph Steiglitz's people and others, who say, you know what? We're sophisticated economists but we're concerned about poor and working people.
Cornel WestA fully functional multiracial society cannot be achieved without a sense of history and open, honest dialogue.
Cornel WestThe humanity and the humility, which are very different than the biological species homo sapiens. Humanity versus homo sapiens - very different things. We are biological creatures, we are animals, no doubt, but when you talk about "humando," you're talking about that particular kind of animals who are aware of their impending extinction, who have the capacity to be sensitive to catastrophe and disaster and calamity and profound crisis.
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