A rich life consists fundamentally of serving others, trying to leave the world a little better than you found it.
Cornel WestYou 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.
Cornel WestWe're all vanishing organisms and disappearing creatures in space and time - that death sentence in space in time that Kafka talked about with such profundity.
Cornel WestPoor people and working people have not been the focus of the Obama administration. That for me is not just a disappointment but a kind of betrayal.
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