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Cornel West Quotes

Poor people can be greedy, too. It’s just that they don’t have any material resources. We need shaping of the souls as well as shaping of our institutions Picture Quote #1

When you love people, you give them a priority. You have a sense of urgency about their pain Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I don’t know of a great artist who did not sacrifice and thereby have to wrestle with the depths of loneliness and sadness Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

To me, healing means you have to recognize there is a wound and you try to understand what the sources of the wound are, which means you try to tell a story about how it came to be. So you have to engage in some historical interpretation Picture Quote #1

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The wonderful thing about the black church for me is that it forces you to come to terms with the centrality of love in the world Picture Quote #1

Music is the very cement that has not just held the black community together but holds black selves together in a fundamental sense Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I don’t draw any distinctions between forms of bigotry or forms of ideology that lose sight of the humanity of people. I can’t stand white supremacy. I can’t stand male supremacy. I can’t stand imperial subjugation. I can’t stand homophobia Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

Hey, you got something going here. I think we’ve got a chance for some progressive policy that actually focuses on poor and working people Picture Quote #1

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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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

I am excited to have a black president because white supremacy is real and it needs to be shattered Picture Quote #1

You’ve got to be a thermostat rather than a thermometer. A thermostat shapes the climate of opinion; a thermometer just reflects it Picture Quote #1

Reelection ought not to be the primary preoccupation of any politician. It ought to be standing up for truth and justice Picture Quote #1

The most important assets we have are our bodies and our energy which can be put to good use as resources in political activism for poor and working people Picture Quote #1

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Love and trust and justice, concern for the poor, that’s being pushed to the margins, and you can see it Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence Picture Quote #1

I must feel the fire of my soul so my intellectual blues can set others on fire Picture Quote #1

As long as hope remains and meaning is preserved, the possibility of overcoming oppression stays alive Picture Quote #1

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To be human, at the most profound level, is to encounter honestly the inescapable circumstances that constrain us, yet muster the courage to struggle compassionately for our own unique individualities and for more democratic and free societies Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

We are a democracy and we don’t believe in just hunting down gangsters and killing them. We believe in trying to find the gangsters and bring them back for trial, and give them a trial under rule of law. That’s what democracies do Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

It takes more courage to examine the dark corners of your own soul than it does for a soldier to fight on the battlefield Picture Quote #1

We are intent on building a movement. The next step is grassroots town meetings. We must keep alive the dialogue around the covenants Picture Quote #1

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Poor people can be greedy, too. It’s just that they don’t have any material resources. We need shaping of the souls as well as shaping of our institutions (Cornel West Quotes) When you love people, you give them a priority. You have a sense of urgency about their pain (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 (Cornel West Quotes) I don’t know of a great artist who did not sacrifice and thereby have to wrestle with the depths of loneliness and sadness (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 (Cornel West Quotes) To me, healing means you have to recognize there is a wound and you try to understand what the sources of the wound are, which means you try to tell a story about how it came to be. So you have to engage in some historical interpretation (Cornel West Quotes) The wonderful thing about the black church for me is that it forces you to come to terms with the centrality of love in the world (Cornel West Quotes) Music is the very cement that has not just held the black community together but holds black selves together in a fundamental sense (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 (Cornel West Quotes) I don’t draw any distinctions between forms of bigotry or forms of ideology that lose sight of the humanity of people. I can’t stand white supremacy. I can’t stand male supremacy. I can’t stand imperial subjugation. I can’t stand homophobia (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 (Cornel West Quotes) Hey, you got something going here. I think we’ve got a chance for some progressive policy that actually focuses on poor and working people (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 (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 (Cornel West Quotes) I am excited to have a black president because white supremacy is real and it needs to be shattered (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 (Cornel West Quotes) Reelection ought not to be the primary preoccupation of any politician. It ought to be standing up for truth and justice (Cornel West Quotes) The most important assets we have are our bodies and our energy which can be put to good use as resources in political activism for poor and working people (Cornel West Quotes) Love and trust and justice, concern for the poor, that’s being pushed to the margins, and you can see it (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 (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 (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 (Cornel West Quotes) I must feel the fire of my soul so my intellectual blues can set others on fire (Cornel West Quotes) As long as hope remains and meaning is preserved, the possibility of overcoming oppression stays alive (Cornel West Quotes) To be human, at the most profound level, is to encounter honestly the inescapable circumstances that constrain us, yet muster the courage to struggle compassionately for our own unique individualities and for more democratic and free societies (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 (Cornel West Quotes) We are a democracy and we don’t believe in just hunting down gangsters and killing them. We believe in trying to find the gangsters and bring them back for trial, and give them a trial under rule of law. That’s what democracies do (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 (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 (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 (Cornel West Quotes)

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