Quotes by Cornel West

Explore a curated collection of 17 quotes by Cornel West. Discover timeless wisdom, insightful thoughts, and memorable words that have inspired readers around the world. Browse through the gallery below and click on any quote to read more.

Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public. — Cornel West
To be a Christian is to live dangerously, honestly, freely - to step in the name of love as if you may land on nothing, — Cornel West
liberty, which means resisting all forms of cultural authoritarianism, be it from the right wing church, black ideologue — Cornel West
You can't really move forward until you look back.[From Remaking America panel discussion at George Washington Universit — Cornel West
Since the end of the postwar economic boom, certain strategies have been intensified to stimulate consumption, especiall — Cornel West
As long as you're scared you're on the plantation. — Cornel West
We’re beings towards death, we’re featherless two-legged linguistically conscious creatures born between urine and feces — Cornel West
We’re beings toward death, we’re … two-legged, linguistically-conscious creatures born between urine and feces whose bod — Cornel West
And when you love people, you hate the fact that they’re being treated unfairly. You tell the truth. You sacrifice your — Cornel West
To be American is to be part of a dialogical and democratic operation that grapples with the challenge of being human in — Cornel West
119When you bring together the national security state and the military-industrial complex, when you bring together the — Cornel West
I always felt called to serve, to empower and ennoble as many people as I could, teaching, truth-telling, exposing lies, — Cornel West
My dear brother Barack Obama has a certain fear of free black men. As a young brother who grows up in a white context, b — Cornel West
Love and trust and justice, concern for the poor, that's being pushed to the margins, and you can see it. — Cornel West
When you socially neglect a people, when you economically abandon a people, when you transfer wealth from them to the we — Cornel West
A black agenda is jobs, jobs, jobs, quality education, investment in infrastructure and strong democratic regulation of — Cornel West
There is something about boldness and fearlessness and being free enough to speak what is on one's mind that warrants fr — Cornel West