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When you socially neglect a people, when you economically abandon a people, when you transfer wealth from them to the well-to-do, what are a people going to do? They're going to respond with very sad forms of despair, and that's true for everybody - I don't care what color you are.
— Cornel West
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We need to put strong Democratic pressure on President Obama in the name of poor and working people.
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Hey, you got something going here. I think we've got a chance for some progressive policy that actually focuses on poor and working people.
— Cornel West
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Black people have been working hard for decades.
— Cornel West
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Fire really means a certain kind of burning in the soul that one can no longer tolerate when one is pushed against a wall.
— Cornel West
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And when I talk about love, I'm talking about something that's great, though, brother. I'm talking about something that will sustain you.
— Cornel West
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