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Cornel West Quotes: "You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people if you don't serve the people."

You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people if you don't serve the people.



Cornel West Quotes: "Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public"

Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public




Cornel West Quotes: "Empathy is not simply a matter of trying to imagine what others are going through, but having the will to muster enough courage to do something about it. In a way, empathy is predicated upon hope."

Empathy is not simply a matter of trying to imagine what others are going through, but having the will to muster enough courage to do something about it. In a way, empathy is predicated upon hope.



Cornel West Quotes: "Too many young folk have addiction to superficial things and not enough conviction for substantial things like justice, truth and love."

Too many young folk have addiction to superficial things and not enough conviction for substantial things like justice, truth and love.




Cornel West Quotes: "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. (p. 109)"

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. (p. 109)



Cornel West Quotes: "The greatest gift you can give someone is the gift of inspiration."

The greatest gift you can give someone is the gift of inspiration.



Cornel West Quotes: "We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence."

We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.




Cornel West Quotes: "We are who we are because somebody loved us."

We are who we are because somebody loved us.



Cornel West Quotes: "A fully functional multiracial society cannot be achieved without a sense of history and open, honest dialogue."

A fully functional multiracial society cannot be achieved without a sense of history and open, honest dialogue.



Cornel West Quotes: "The condition of truth is to allow suffering to speak, it means then that if you have a prophetic sensibility, you are committed to loving others and if you love others, you hate injustice."

The condition of truth is to allow suffering to speak, it means then that if you have a prophetic sensibility, you are committed to loving others and if you love others, you hate injustice.



Cornel West Quotes: "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."

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 Quotes: "Justice is what love looks like in public."

Justice is what love looks like in public.




Cornel West Quotes: "You must let suffering speak, if you want to hear the truth"

You must let suffering speak, if you want to hear the truth



Cornel West Quotes: "If the Kingdom of God is in you, you should leave a little bit of heaven wherever you go."

If the Kingdom of God is in you, you should leave a little bit of heaven wherever you go.



Cornel West Quotes: "To get up in the morning & do the monumental tasks that face us, our labor is best fueled by love."

To get up in the morning & do the monumental tasks that face us, our labor is best fueled by love.



Cornel West Quotes: "To be an intellectual really means to speak a truth that allows suffering to speak."

To be an intellectual really means to speak a truth that allows suffering to speak.



Cornel West Quotes: "It takes tremendous discipline, takes tremendous courage, to think for yourself, to examine yourself."

It takes tremendous discipline, takes tremendous courage, to think for yourself, to examine yourself.



Cornel West Quotes: "Courage is being true to yourself, true to a sense of integrity."

Courage is being true to yourself, true to a sense of integrity.



Cornel West Quotes: "The blues aren’t pessimistic. We’re prisoners of hope but we tell the truth and the truth is dark."

The blues aren’t pessimistic. We’re prisoners of hope but we tell the truth and the truth is dark.



Cornel West Quotes: "You've got to be a thermostat rather than a thermometer. A thermostat shapes the climate of opinion; a thermometer just reflects it."

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 Quotes: "Music is what we need when language fails us, but we cannot remain silent."

Music is what we need when language fails us, but we cannot remain silent.



Cornel West Quotes: "I loathe nationalism. It is a form of tribalism--the idolatry of the 20th century."

I loathe nationalism. It is a form of tribalism--the idolatry of the 20th century.



Cornel West Quotes: "We have to be militants for kindness, subversive for sweetness and radicals for tenderness."

We have to be militants for kindness, subversive for sweetness and radicals for tenderness.



Cornel West Quotes: "When ordinary people wake up, elites begin to tremble in their boots."

When ordinary people wake up, elites begin to tremble in their boots.



Cornel West Quotes: "You don't begin by dehumanizing those who are dehumanizing you, because it contributes to the cycle of dehumanization in the world."

You don't begin by dehumanizing those who are dehumanizing you, because it contributes to the cycle of dehumanization in the world.



Cornel West Quotes: "The aim is not for me to be right. The aim is to make sure that we keep the focus on the people who are suffering. That's what we're here for."

The aim is not for me to be right. The aim is to make sure that we keep the focus on the people who are suffering. That's what we're here for.



Cornel West Quotes: "The only countervailing force against organized money at the top, is organized people at the bottom."

The only countervailing force against organized money at the top, is organized people at the bottom.



Cornel West Quotes: "We are intent on building a movement. The next step is grassroots town meetings. We must keep alive the dialogue around the covenants."

We are intent on building a movement. The next step is grassroots town meetings. We must keep alive the dialogue around the covenants.



Cornel West Quotes: "You keep folks so intimidated. You can give them money, access, but they're still scared. And as long as you're scared, you're on the plantation."

You keep folks so intimidated. You can give them money, access, but they're still scared. And as long as you're scared, you're on the plantation.



Cornel West Quotes: "White supremacy is so deep-seated that it's hard to see it eliminated. But we could definitely push it back."

White supremacy is so deep-seated that it's hard to see it eliminated. But we could definitely push it back.



Cornel West Quotes: "Patriarchy is a disease and we are in perennial recovery and relapse. So you have to get up every morning and struggle against it."

Patriarchy is a disease and we are in perennial recovery and relapse. So you have to get up every morning and struggle against it.



Cornel West Quotes: "Black people have always been America's wilderness in search of a promised land."

Black people have always been America's wilderness in search of a promised land.



Cornel West Quotes: "We [Americans] have to get beyond the greed-run-amok. We have to get beyond indifference to the poor and working people. We have to get beyond polarized politics."

We [Americans] have to get beyond the greed-run-amok. We have to get beyond indifference to the poor and working people. We have to get beyond polarized politics.



Cornel West Quotes: "Nihilism is a natural consequence of a culture (or civilization) ruled and regulated by categories that mask manipulation, mastery and domination of peoples and nature."

Nihilism is a natural consequence of a culture (or civilization) ruled and regulated by categories that mask manipulation, mastery and domination of peoples and nature.



Cornel West Quotes: "There are three dominant tendencies in a neoliberal society: financialized, privatized, militarized. And when it comes to black poor people, we get all three."

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 Quotes: "No community dictates to any individual how to live their lives. You can criticize and you can push but people freely choose."

No community dictates to any individual how to live their lives. You can criticize and you can push but people freely choose.



Cornel West Quotes: "Clever gimmicks of mass distraction yield a cheap soulcraft of addicted and self-medicated narcissists."

Clever gimmicks of mass distraction yield a cheap soulcraft of addicted and self-medicated narcissists.



Cornel West Quotes: "Reelection ought not to be the primary preoccupation of any politician. It ought to be standing up for truth and justice."

Reelection ought not to be the primary preoccupation of any politician. It ought to be standing up for truth and justice.



Cornel West Quotes: "We live in a predatory capitalist society in which everything is for sale. Everybody is for sale, so there is ubiquitous commodification - be it of music, food, people, or parking meters."

We live in a predatory capitalist society in which everything is for sale. Everybody is for sale, so there is ubiquitous commodification - be it of music, food, people, or parking meters.



Cornel West Quotes: "Of course, the aim of a constitutional democracy is to safeguard the rights of the minority and avoid the tyranny of the majority. (p. 102)"

Of course, the aim of a constitutional democracy is to safeguard the rights of the minority and avoid the tyranny of the majority. (p. 102)



Cornel West Quotes: "It is very difficult to sustain a high-quality relationship that has the kind of mutual intensity, that has a kind of mutual respect, without putting in time."

It is very difficult to sustain a high-quality relationship that has the kind of mutual intensity, that has a kind of mutual respect, without putting in time.



Cornel West Quotes: "The black agenda, from Frederick Douglas to Ida B. Wells to Martin King, has always been the most broad, deep, inclusive, embracing agenda of the nation."

The black agenda, from Frederick Douglas to Ida B. Wells to Martin King, has always been the most broad, deep, inclusive, embracing agenda of the nation.



Cornel West Quotes: "We have to be self-critical even in context that we might be critical of, even as we - our pieces appear in it."

We have to be self-critical even in context that we might be critical of, even as we - our pieces appear in it.



Cornel West Quotes: "Barack Obama has domesticated the left in such a way that we feel as if we have no alternative but him...I refuse to accept that."

Barack Obama has domesticated the left in such a way that we feel as if we have no alternative but him...I refuse to accept that.



Cornel West Quotes: "You can't move forward until you look back."

You can't move forward until you look back.



Cornel West Quotes: "One of the things I love most about Martin Luther King is that he was willing to sacrifice his popularity in favor of his integrity. He was an honest man, and he would tell the truth."

One of the things I love most about Martin Luther King is that he was willing to sacrifice his popularity in favor of his integrity. He was an honest man, and he would tell the truth.



Cornel West Quotes: "There's a certain pleasure of the life of the mind that cannot be denied. There's a certain pleasure about being around people who enact a playfulness when it comes to the world of ideas."

There's a certain pleasure of the life of the mind that cannot be denied. There's a certain pleasure about being around people who enact a playfulness when it comes to the world of ideas.



Cornel West Quotes: "And when I talk about love, I'm talking about something that's great, though, brother. I'm talking about something that will sustain you."

And when I talk about love, I'm talking about something that's great, though, brother. I'm talking about something that will sustain you.



Cornel West Quotes: "Racism is a moral catastrophe, most graphically seen in the prison industrial complex and targeted police surveillance in black and brown ghettos rendered invisible in public discourse."

Racism is a moral catastrophe, most graphically seen in the prison industrial complex and targeted police surveillance in black and brown ghettos rendered invisible in public discourse.