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We have a market-driven society so obsessed with buying and selling and obsessed with power and pleasure and property. – Cornel West

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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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Education
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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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relationship
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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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Next to enjoying ourselves, the next greatest pleasure consists in preventing others from enjoying themselves, or, more generally, in the acquisition of power. – Bertrand Russell

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The salvation of this human world lies nowhere else than in the human heart, in the human power to reflect, in human meekness and human responsibility. – Vaclav Havel

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power

The power of man has grown in every sphere, except over himself. – Winston Churchill

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When anyone has the power to destroy the whole human race in a matter of hours, it becomes a moral issue. The church must speak out. – Billy Graham

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