Quote by Cornel West
Every president needs to deal with the permanent government of the

Every president needs to deal with the permanent government of the country, and the permanent government of the country is Wall Street oligarchs and corporate plutocrats and the questions becomes what is the relationship between that president and Wall Street. – Cornel West

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My dear brother Barack Obama has a certain fear of free black men. As a young brother who grows up in a white context, brilliant African father, hes always had to fear being a white man with black skin. All he has known culturally is white. He has a certain rootlessness, a deracination. – Cornel West

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Fear
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Love and trust and justice, concern for the poor, thats being pushed to the margins, and you can see it. – Cornel West

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Trust
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A black agenda is jobs, jobs, jobs, quality education, investment in infrastructure and strong democratic regulation of corporations. The black agenda, at its best, looks at America from the vantage point of the least of these and asks whats best for all. – Cornel West

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A relationship is lovely if youre happy, comfortable in it and you really like the person. I can think of nothing better. But theres nothing worse than having a relationship in which you feel no interest. – Susannah York

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I grew up very religious, and I dont have a great relationship with religion. – Brad Pitt

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Theres no particular relationship between spending and educational results. Most education spending is actually on salaries, and thats allocated according to political muscle. – Peter Brimelow

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But I have tried to go over it very carefully, not merely what the evidence is, but with psychoanalysts and psychologists, and I think were just about all agreed that Lincoln and Speed did not have a homosexual relationship. – David Herbert Donald

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