Justice is love on legs, spilling over into the public sphere.

Cornel West

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Topic

Love as action Justice Political progress Progress

Speaker

Cornel West

Source

Big Think

Medium

Interview

Statement Type

Metaphor, analogy and simile

Language

English

Time

2009 2000s 21st century

Occupation

Black activist Black writer Activist Writer

From

United States

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Citation

West, Cornell. "Cornell West's Catastrophic Love." BigThink.com, 6 Nov. 2009.

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Now the trumpet summons us again—not as a call to bear arms, though arms we need—not as a call to battle, though embattled we are—but a a call to bear the burden of a long twilight struggle, year in and year out, "rejoicing in hope, patient in tribulation"—a struggle against the common enemies of man: tyranny, poverty, disease and war itself.

John F. Kennedy

Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy

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Topic
Political progress
Speaker
John F. Kennedy
Source
Inaugural Address of John F. Kennedy Presidential inaugural address
Medium
Speech
Genre
Political speech
Language
English
Time
1961 1960s 20th century
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Citation

Kennedy, John F. "Inaugural Address." 20 Jan. 1961, East Portico, US Capitol Building, Washington, DC, USA.

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Sorrow comes in great waves—no one can know that better than you—but it rolls over us, and though it may almost smother us it leaves us on the spot, and we know that if it is strong we are stronger, inasmuch as it passes and we remain. It wears us, uses us, but we wear it and use it in return; and it is blind, whereas we after a manner see.

Henry James

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Topic
Learning from suffering Suffering

Author

Henry James
Source
Letters of Henry James
Medium
Letter
Statement Type
Metaphor, analogy and simile
Language
English
Time
1883 1880s 19th century
Authentication Score 3
Original Citation

James, Henry. Letter to Grace Norton. 28 July 1883.

Current Citation

James, Henry. "July 28th [1883] To Grace Norton." The Complete Letters of Henry James, 1883-1884, edited by Michael Anesko and Greg W. Zacharias. Vol. 1, University of Nebraska Press, 2018.