Top 49 Quotes by Cornel West

About Cornel West

These are some quotes by American author Cornel West Educator, who was born on June 2, 1953.

I take my fundamental cue from John Coltrane that says there must be a priority of integrity, honesty, decency, and mastery of craft.

I take my fundamental cue from John Coltrane that says there must be a priority of integrity, honesty, decency, and mastery of craft.

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There has certainly been ugly, right-wing hatred targeting Barack Obama.

There has certainly been ugly, right-wing hatred targeting Barack Obama.

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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.

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.

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Black people have been working hard for decades.

Black people have been working hard for decades.

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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.

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

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The problem is we need much more moral content.

The problem is we need much more moral content.

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Neofascism in the United States takes the form of big money, big banks, big corporations, tied to xenophobic scapegoating of the vulnerable, like Mexicans and Muslims and women and black folk, and militaristic policies abroad, with strongman, charismatic, autocratic personality, and that's what Donald Trump is.

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Part of the popularity with Louis Farrakhan has less to do with the content of his message and more to do with the form that he portrays himself - as being a free black person who speaks what is on his mind with boldness and fearlessness. Who is willing to pay the consequences.

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I feel as if I have been blessed to undergo a transformation from 'gangster' to 'redeemed sinner with gangster proclivities.'

I feel as if I have been blessed to undergo a transformation from 'gangster' to 'redeemed sinner with gangster proclivities.'

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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.

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