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Cornel West Quotes: "To live is to wrestle with despair, yet never allow despair to have the last word."

To live is to wrestle with despair, yet never allow despair to have the last word.



Cornel West Quotes: "A rich life consists fundamentally of serving others, trying to leave the world a little better than you found it."

A rich life consists fundamentally of serving others, trying to leave the world a little better than you found it.




Cornel West Quotes: "We have a market-driven society so obsessed with buying and selling and obsessed with power and pleasure and property."

We have a market-driven society so obsessed with buying and selling and obsessed with power and pleasure and property.



Cornel West Quotes: "Philosophy is in fact a quest for wisdom based in sophia; that quest for wisdom has everything to do with a love of wisdom."

Philosophy is in fact a quest for wisdom based in sophia; that quest for wisdom has everything to do with a love of wisdom.




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.



Cornel West Quotes: "We've been talking about this for a good while, the immorality of drones, dropping bombs on innocent people. It's been over 200 children so far. These are war crimes."

We've been talking about this for a good while, the immorality of drones, dropping bombs on innocent people. It's been over 200 children so far. These are war crimes.



Cornel West Quotes: "I cannot be an optimist but I am a prisoner of hope."

I cannot be an optimist but I am a prisoner of hope.




Cornel West Quotes: "It's no accident that most of the great black spokespersons and leaders understood the centrality of self-affirmation, self-respect and self-love."

It's no accident that most of the great black spokespersons and leaders understood the centrality of self-affirmation, self-respect and self-love.



Cornel West Quotes: "Love and trust and justice, concern for the poor, that's being pushed to the margins, and you can see it."

Love and trust and justice, concern for the poor, that's being pushed to the margins, and you can see it.



Cornel West Quotes: "When you place a high value on truth, you have to think for yourself."

When you place a high value on truth, you have to think for yourself.



Cornel West Quotes: "The evil is so ubiquitous in terms of objectification of all of us, that one can say that almost about any TV and even radio show."

The evil is so ubiquitous in terms of objectification of all of us, that one can say that almost about any TV and even radio show.



Cornel West Quotes: "Martin Luther King was a victim of surveillance, and had great solidarity with victims of surveillance."

Martin Luther King was a victim of surveillance, and had great solidarity with victims of surveillance.




Cornel West Quotes: "As long as hope remains and meaning is preserved, the possibility of overcoming oppression stays alive."

As long as hope remains and meaning is preserved, the possibility of overcoming oppression stays alive.



Cornel West Quotes: "The powerful have no monopoly on greed, hatred, fear, or ignorance."

The powerful have no monopoly on greed, hatred, fear, or ignorance.



Cornel West Quotes: "You can't talk about truth unless you talk about yourself."

You can't talk about truth unless you talk about yourself.



Cornel West Quotes: "Wealth inequality has increased."

Wealth inequality has increased.



Cornel West Quotes: "We want to bear witness today that we know the relation between corporate greed and what goes on too often in the Supreme Court decisions."

We want to bear witness today that we know the relation between corporate greed and what goes on too often in the Supreme Court decisions.



Cornel West Quotes: "The condition of truth is to allow suffering to speak - that gives it an existential emphasis."

The condition of truth is to allow suffering to speak - that gives it an existential emphasis.



Cornel West Quotes: "The capitalist culture of consumption... does not provide meaningful sustenance for large numbers of people."

The capitalist culture of consumption... does not provide meaningful sustenance for large numbers of people.



Cornel West Quotes: "We can't have a freedom struggle without free choice."

We can't have a freedom struggle without free choice.



Cornel West Quotes: "Profound music leads us beyond language...to the dark roots of our scream and the celestial heights of our silence."

Profound music leads us beyond language...to the dark roots of our scream and the celestial heights of our silence.



Cornel West Quotes: "He who learns death unlearns slavery."

He who learns death unlearns slavery.



Cornel West Quotes: "Being a Christian is not a political orientation for the president, but he is a centrist."

Being a Christian is not a political orientation for the president, but he is a centrist.



Cornel West Quotes: "We’re beings toward death, we’re … two-legged, linguistically-conscious creatures born between urine and feces whose body will one day be the culinary delight of terrestrial worms."

We’re beings toward death, we’re … two-legged, linguistically-conscious creatures born between urine and feces whose body will one day be the culinary delight of terrestrial worms.



Cornel West Quotes: "I have tried to be a man of letters in love with ideas in order to be a wiser and more loving person, hoping to leave the world just a little better than I found it."

I have tried to be a man of letters in love with ideas in order to be a wiser and more loving person, hoping to leave the world just a little better than I found it.



Cornel West Quotes: "Faith is stepping out on nothing and landing on something."

Faith is stepping out on nothing and landing on something.



Cornel West Quotes: "We had a much deeper sense of community in '67 than we do in '97. This is important to say that not in a nostalgic way because it's not as if '67 was a time when things were so good."

We had a much deeper sense of community in '67 than we do in '97. This is important to say that not in a nostalgic way because it's not as if '67 was a time when things were so good.



Cornel West Quotes: "Death is always a constant possibility and probability and of course an inevitability, as well."

Death is always a constant possibility and probability and of course an inevitability, as well.



Cornel West Quotes: "Larry Summers, I think, he had a long history of arrogance and relative ignorance about poor people's culture and working people's culture and so forth."

Larry Summers, I think, he had a long history of arrogance and relative ignorance about poor people's culture and working people's culture and so forth.



Cornel West Quotes: "Anger can be a bitterness that devours your soul while righteous indignation is morally driven, it's ethically driven."

Anger can be a bitterness that devours your soul while righteous indignation is morally driven, it's ethically driven.



Cornel West Quotes: "There's a number of hip-hop artists who are highly talented but politically retrograde."

There's a number of hip-hop artists who are highly talented but politically retrograde.



Cornel West Quotes: "There is no such thing as institutional conditions without any individual actions and no such thing as individual action without institutional conditions. So there is always personal responsibility."

There is no such thing as institutional conditions without any individual actions and no such thing as individual action without institutional conditions. So there is always personal responsibility.



Cornel West Quotes: "Homophobia is very, very difficult to root out, to extricate. That's why we have to bear witness. That's why we have to be so public about it, and that's why we can't just play footsie with it."

Homophobia is very, very difficult to root out, to extricate. That's why we have to bear witness. That's why we have to be so public about it, and that's why we can't just play footsie with it.



Cornel West Quotes: "The legacy of [Martin Luther] King is the very thing that must be expanded if America is to be free and democratic in the 21st century. It's just as simple as that."

The legacy of [Martin Luther] King is the very thing that must be expanded if America is to be free and democratic in the 21st century. It's just as simple as that.



Cornel West Quotes: "Martin King was fundamentally committed to the least of these [poor, working people]. Of course, he was a Christian soldier for justice from the 25th chapter of Matthew."

Martin King was fundamentally committed to the least of these [poor, working people]. Of course, he was a Christian soldier for justice from the 25th chapter of Matthew.



Cornel West Quotes: "The women can always choose the patriarchal models, and you end up with a Margaret Thatcher."

The women can always choose the patriarchal models, and you end up with a Margaret Thatcher.



Cornel West Quotes: "Part of the challenge of the Barack Obama campaign was to try to neutralize that white backlash, and of course, he was masterful in doing that."

Part of the challenge of the Barack Obama campaign was to try to neutralize that white backlash, and of course, he was masterful in doing that.



Cornel West Quotes: "Part of the problem is we had so far to go, given the deep homophobia in our society. But, the movement is very real. The movement is very real."

Part of the problem is we had so far to go, given the deep homophobia in our society. But, the movement is very real. The movement is very real.



Cornel West Quotes: "All individuals have the same value, not to be determined by market price. They're made in the image and likeness of God."

All individuals have the same value, not to be determined by market price. They're made in the image and likeness of God.



Cornel West Quotes: "what I think separates me from most philosophers probably is that I'm a bluesman in the life of the mind, I'm a jazzman in the world of ideas."

what I think separates me from most philosophers probably is that I'm a bluesman in the life of the mind, I'm a jazzman in the world of ideas.



Cornel West Quotes: "Success is such a relative thing for me. I'm fundamentally a Christian which means that ultimately all of the penultimate titles and things you just had to wear with a loose garment. Really."

Success is such a relative thing for me. I'm fundamentally a Christian which means that ultimately all of the penultimate titles and things you just had to wear with a loose garment. Really.



Cornel West Quotes: "I'm black, so, you know, I'm again with black folk, but it's a love that spills over to vanilla suburbs and red reservations and brown barrios and yellow slices."

I'm black, so, you know, I'm again with black folk, but it's a love that spills over to vanilla suburbs and red reservations and brown barrios and yellow slices.



Cornel West Quotes: "I'm a bluesman, which means that I put an emphasis on the minor keys."

I'm a bluesman, which means that I put an emphasis on the minor keys.



Cornel West Quotes: "If you can't have a good time and smile and relate to people across race and class, then the success that you have ultimately is just sounding brass and tinkling symbol."

If you can't have a good time and smile and relate to people across race and class, then the success that you have ultimately is just sounding brass and tinkling symbol.



Cornel West Quotes: "When you are fundamentally committed to something that is right, you just decide to go down fighting. Period."

When you are fundamentally committed to something that is right, you just decide to go down fighting. Period.



Cornel West Quotes: "It takes more courage to examine the dark corners of your own soul than it does for a soldier to fight on the battlefield."

It takes more courage to examine the dark corners of your own soul than it does for a soldier to fight on the battlefield.



Cornel West Quotes: "The most dangerous thing in American society is a self-respecting and self-loving black person, because they're on the road to freedom and that means they're gonna run up against the powers that be."

The most dangerous thing in American society is a self-respecting and self-loving black person, because they're on the road to freedom and that means they're gonna run up against the powers that be.



Cornel West Quotes: "Sometime you just need to be silent, have a drink and crack a smile or somethin', because the human condition, in general, is just overwhelming in so many ways."

Sometime you just need to be silent, have a drink and crack a smile or somethin', because the human condition, in general, is just overwhelming in so many ways.



Cornel West Quotes: "I like to be multi-contextual, which is much more important than being multicultural."

I like to be multi-contextual, which is much more important than being multicultural.