Black prophetic fire is the hypersensitivity to the suffering of others that generates a righteous indignation that results in the willingness to live and die for freedom. - Cornel West

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Don't make an opinion on me if you don't know nothin' about me.

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The one thing that 'Via Dolorosa' has is no opinions. To me, curiosity is 50 times as valuable as opinion. - David Hare

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Don’t let the voice of other people’s opinion drown your inner voice.

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Love and trust and justice, concern for the poor, that's being pushed to the margins, and you can see it. - Cornel West

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We have no right to express an opinion until we know all of the answers.

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Clever gimmicks of mass distraction yield a cheap soulcraft of addicted and self-medicated narcissists. - 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 what's best for all. - Cornel West

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I know what I can do so it doesn't bother me what other people think or their opinion on the situation.

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If they think they have issues with the president not doing enough for the poor now, wait and see what happens if the opposition takes office. Then they would really need a poverty tour. - Cornel West

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