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I take my fundamental cue from John Coltrane that says there must be a priority of integrity, honesty, decency, and mastery of craft.

~Cornel West

Topics: Coltrane Craft Cue Decency Fundamental Honesty Integrity John John Coltrane Mastery Must Priority Says Take

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There has certainly been ugly, right-wing hatred targeting Barack Obama.

~Cornel West

Topics: Barack Barack Obama Been Certainly Hatred Obama Right-Wing Targeting Ugly

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If you view life as a gold rush, you're going to end up worshiping a golden calf. And when you call for help, and that golden calf can't respond, you go under.

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Topics: Call End Go Going Gold Golden Help Life Respond Rush Up View You

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I have nothing against rich brothers and sisters. Pray for 'em every day. But callousness and indifference, greed and avarice is something that's shot through all of us.

~Cornel West

Topics: Against Avarice Brothers Brothers And Sisters Day Every Every Day Greed Indifference Nothing Pray Pray For Rich Shot Sisters Something Through Us

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There is always a very delicate interplay between individual actions and institutional conditions. But 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.

~Cornel West

Topics: Action Actions Always Any Between Conditions Delicate Individual Institutional Personal Personal Responsibility Responsibility Thing Very Without

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Barack Obama commits war crimes - Somalia, Yemen. He commits war crimes in Pakistan, Afghanistan. Martin Luther King Jr. tried to keep a spotlight on war crimes, to keep track of the innocents killed... There is a major clash.

~Cornel West

Topics: Afghanistan Barack Barack Obama Clash Crimes He Innocents Keep King Luther Major Martin Martin Luther Martin Luther King Martin Luther King Jr Obama Pakistan Somalia Spotlight Track Tried War

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Martin Luther King Jr. was not just a man of peace. He was a radical pacifist, and so he was against war across the board.

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Topics: Across Against Board He Just King Luther Man Martin Martin Luther Martin Luther King Martin Luther King Jr Pacifist Peace Radical War

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Now, myself, I'm not a pacifist at all. I believe in just war. I would have joined the spirit of the nation to fight against apartheid.

~Cornel West

Topics: Against Apartheid Believe Fight Joined Just Myself Nation Now Pacifist Spirit War Would I Believe I Believe In

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I've never been tied to one party or one candidate or even one institution. And that's true even with one church as a Christian. I'm committed to truth and justice.

~Cornel West

Topics: Been Candidate Christian Church Committed Even Institution Justice Never One Party Party Tied True Truth

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Educator

Born: June 2nd, 1953

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