“People are wrestling with the possibilities of the end of the planet. The possibility of increasing nuclear catastrophe given you got two gangsters running things, the Russian Empire with Putin and the American Empire with Trump.” @CornelWest #abc730 #USAProtest
“Can we hold on to integrity, honesty, decency? Can we hold on to fortitude and courage in the name of something that is bigger than us?” @CornelWest #abc730 #USAProtest
“We've got decadent leadership, not just in the White House, but in Congress, in both parties for the most part. Joseph Biden certainly is better than Donald Trump. But Joseph Biden himself is still mediocre. It's just a Donald Trump is so bad.” @CornelWest #abc730 #USAProtest
“Any empire that cannot mobilise and regenerate the best of its past and its present, then that's a sign of the decline and fall of that empire, of that society.” @CornelWest #abc730 #USAProtest
“There's marvellous human beings in my country. We have some magnificent fellow citizens in my country. But if they feel powerless, helpless, impotent, they fall into despair. And it's the careerists, the opportunists, the Machiavellian who take over.” @CornelWest #abc730
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