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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 Picture Quote #1

If the churches don’t move, much of the community won’t move. We’ve got a situation in which a black church is still a major institution in the black community where 55 percent of the black folk attend and over 75 pass through its doors Picture Quote #1

I’m not romanticizing black people, because we’ve got gangsters like everybody else Picture Quote #1

Martin Luther King would celebrate the symbolic status (of having a black president), but he would examine what the real substance was. And if he saw that poor and working people were not at the center of public policy, he would be deeply, deeply upset Picture Quote #1

I’ve been blessed, I think, to have tremendous joy in my life in pursuing my vocation, my calling Picture Quote #1

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

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I think anytime we talk about transforming in capitalist society, we are talking about a process not a particular event so you can’t talk about a socialist revolution Picture Quote #1

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 Picture Quote #1

There is no fundamental social change by being simply of individual and interpersonal actions. You have to have organizations and institutions that make a fundamental difference Picture Quote #1

For me the prophetic has to do with mustering the courage to love, to empathize, to exercise compassion, and to be committed to justice Picture Quote #1

Courage is the enabling virtue for any philosopher - for any human being, I think, in the end. Courage to think, courage to love, courage to hope Picture Quote #1

It takes tremendous discipline, takes tremendous courage, to think for yourself, to examine yourself Picture Quote #1

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Frank Rich, Paul Krugman, Maureen Dowd, a whole host of brilliant, courageous critics say all kinds of things, and he [Barack Obama] treats them with respect. They get invited to the White House. I say the same thing, he talks to me like I’m a Cub Scout Picture Quote #1

Does he have a double standard for black critics as opposed to white critics? Picture Quote #1

I was blessed to be part of a commercial, pushing for this energy bill, but we’ve been unsuccessful Picture Quote #1

Confining life to an eternal present is an insidious form of soul murder Picture Quote #1

King’s response to our crisis can be put in one word: revolution. A revolution in our priorities, a reevaluation of our values, a reinvigoration of our public life and a fundamental transformation of our way of thinking and living that promotes a transfer of power from oligarchs and plutocrats to everyday people and ordinary citizens Picture Quote #1

There is something about boldness and fearlessness and being free enough to speak what is on one’s mind that warrants freedom Picture Quote #1

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I am not optimistic, but I’ve never been optimistic about humankind or America. The evidence never looks good in terms of forces for good actually becoming prominent 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

Martin Luther King was a victim of surveillance, and had great solidarity with victims of surveillance Picture Quote #1

There used to be corporations that produced products. Now there are just banks that produce deals, hedge-fund-driven banks and derivatives and those things Picture Quote #1

To be an intellectual really means to speak a truth that allows suffering to speak Picture Quote #1

Death is always a constant possibility and probability and of course an inevitability, as well Picture Quote #1

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Hatred of injustice is not the same thing as a love for everyday people Picture Quote #1

The capitalist culture of consumption... does not provide meaningful sustenance for large numbers of people Picture Quote #1

Music is what we need when language fails us, but we cannot remain silent Picture Quote #1

The capacity to produce social chaos is the last resort of desperate people Picture Quote #1

We have to be militants for kindness, subversive for sweetness and radicals for tenderness Picture Quote #1

We have a market driven society so obsessed with buying and selling and obsessed with power and pleasure and property Picture Quote #1

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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) If the churches don’t move, much of the community won’t move. We’ve got a situation in which a black church is still a major institution in the black community where 55 percent of the black folk attend and over 75 pass through its doors. (Cornel West Quotes) I’m not romanticizing black people, because we’ve got gangsters like everybody else (Cornel West Quotes) Martin Luther King would celebrate the symbolic status (of having a black president), but he would examine what the real substance was. And if he saw that poor and working people were not at the center of public policy, he would be deeply, deeply upset. (Cornel West Quotes) I’ve been blessed, I think, to have tremendous joy in my life in pursuing my vocation, my calling. (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) I think anytime we talk about transforming in capitalist society, we are talking about a process not a particular event so you can’t talk about a socialist revolution. (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. (Cornel West Quotes) There is no fundamental social change by being simply of individual and interpersonal actions. You have to have organizations and institutions that make a fundamental difference. (Cornel West Quotes) For me the prophetic has to do with mustering the courage to love, to empathize, to exercise compassion, and to be committed to justice. (Cornel West Quotes) Courage is the enabling virtue for any philosopher - for any human being, I think, in the end. Courage to think, courage to love, courage to hope. (Cornel West Quotes) It takes tremendous discipline, takes tremendous courage, to think for yourself, to examine yourself. (Cornel West Quotes) Frank Rich, Paul Krugman, Maureen Dowd, a whole host of brilliant, courageous critics say all kinds of things, and he [Barack Obama] treats them with respect. They get invited to the White House. I say the same thing, he talks to me like I’m a Cub Scout. (Cornel West Quotes) Does he have a double standard for black critics as opposed to white critics? (Cornel West Quotes) I was blessed to be part of a commercial, pushing for this energy bill, but we’ve been unsuccessful. (Cornel West Quotes) Confining life to an eternal present is an insidious form of soul murder (Cornel West Quotes) King’s response to our crisis can be put in one word: revolution. A revolution in our priorities, a reevaluation of our values, a reinvigoration of our public life and a fundamental transformation of our way of thinking and living that promotes a transfer of power from oligarchs and plutocrats to everyday people and ordinary citizens. (Cornel West Quotes) There is something about boldness and fearlessness and being free enough to speak what is on one’s mind that warrants freedom. (Cornel West Quotes) I am not optimistic, but I’ve never been optimistic about humankind or America. The evidence never looks good in terms of forces for good actually becoming prominent. (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) Martin Luther King was a victim of surveillance, and had great solidarity with victims of surveillance. (Cornel West Quotes) There used to be corporations that produced products. Now there are just banks that produce deals, hedge-fund-driven banks and derivatives and those things. (Cornel West Quotes) To be an intellectual really means to speak a truth that allows suffering to speak (Cornel West Quotes) Death is always a constant possibility and probability and of course an inevitability, as well (Cornel West Quotes) Hatred of injustice is not the same thing as a love for everyday people (Cornel West Quotes) The capitalist culture of consumption... does not provide meaningful sustenance for large numbers of people (Cornel West Quotes) Music is what we need when language fails us, but we cannot remain silent (Cornel West Quotes) The capacity to produce social chaos is the last resort of desperate people (Cornel West Quotes) We have to be militants for kindness, subversive for sweetness and radicals for tenderness (Cornel West Quotes) We have a market driven society so obsessed with buying and selling and obsessed with power and pleasure and property (Cornel West Quotes)

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