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I always felt called to serve, to empower and ennoble as many people as I could, teaching, truth-telling, exposing lies, bearing witness, and being wi...more

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And when you love people, you hate the fact that they’re being treated unfairly. You tell the truth. You sacrifice your popularity for integrity. Ther...more

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Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public.

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liberty, which means resisting all forms of cultural authoritarianism, be it from the right wing church, black ideologues, black nationalists, or main...more

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As long as you're scared you're on the plantation.

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119When you bring together the national security state and the military-industrial complex, when you bring together the prison-industrial complex and ...more

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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.

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In these downbeat times, we need as much hope and courage as we do vision and analysis; we must accent the best of each other even as we point out the...more

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I have tried to be a man of letters in love with ideas in order to be a wiser and more loving person, hoping to leave the world just a little better t...more