Cornel Ronald West (born June 2, 1953) is an American philosopher, political activist, social critic, author, publi...
None of us alone can save the nation or the world. But each of us can make a positive difference if we commit ourselves to do so. Cornel West
None of us alone can save the nation or the world. But each of us can make a positive difference if we commit ourselves to do so.
You've got to be a thermostat rather than a thermometer. A thermostat shapes the climate of opinion; a thermometer just reflects it. Cornel West
You've got to be a thermostat rather than a thermometer. A thermostat shapes the climate of opinion; a thermometer just reflects it.
I am excited to have a black president because white supremacy is real and it needs to be shattered. Cornel West
I am excited to have a black president because white supremacy is real and it needs to be shattered.
Like King, we need to put on our cemetery clothes and be coffin-ready for the next great democratic battle. Cornel West
Like King, we need to put on our cemetery clothes and be coffin-ready for the next great democratic battle.
To be great in our times too often means to have great prosperity and no moral magnanimity at all. Cornel West
To be great in our times too often means to have great prosperity and no moral magnanimity at all.
I take my fundamental cue from John Coltrane that says there must be a priority of integrity, honesty, decency, and mastery of craft. Cornel West
I take my fundamental cue from John Coltrane that says there must be a priority of integrity, honesty, decency, and mastery of craft.
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
Fire really means a certain kind of burning in the soul that one can no longer tolerate when one is pushed against a wall.
To be an intellectual really means to speak a truth that allows suffering to speak. Cornel West
To be an intellectual really means to speak a truth that allows suffering to speak.
Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public. Cornel West
Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public.
There are three dominant tendencies in a neoliberal society: financialized, privatized, militarized. And when it comes to black poor people, we get all three. Cornel West
There are three dominant tendencies in a neoliberal society: financialized, privatized, militarized. And when it comes to black poor people, we get all three.
You've got to love yourself enough, not only so that others will be able to love you, but that you'll be able to love others. Cornel West
You've got to love yourself enough, not only so that others will be able to love you, but that you'll be able to love others.