Anytime I look at a president, I don't care what color he is. Cornel West anytimecarecolor Change image and share on social
Now, myself, I'm not a pacifist at all. I believe in just war. I would have joined the spirit of the nation to fight against apartheid. Cornel West apartheidfightjoin Change image and share on social
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 climatehaveopinion Change image and share on social
If they think they have issues with the president not doing enough for the poor now, wait and see what happens if the opposition takes office. Then they would really need a poverty tour. Cornel West issueofficeopposition Change image and share on social
I've never been tied to one party or one candidate or even one institution. And that's true even with one church as a Christian. I'm committed to truth and justice. Cornel West candidatechristianchurch Change image and share on social
It's impossible to translate Wall Street greed into one or two demands. Cornel West demandgreedimpossible Change image and share on social
A neoliberal disaster is one who generates a mass incarceration regime, who deregulates banks and markets, who promotes chaos of regime change in Libya, supports military coups in Honduras, undermines some of the magnificent efforts in Haiti of working people, and so forth. Cornel West bankchangechaos share on social
I have nothing against rich brothers and sisters. Pray for 'em every day. But callousness and indifference, greed and avarice is something that's shot through all of us. Cornel West avaricebrothercallousness Change image and share on social
Poor people and working people have not been the focus of the Obama administration. That for me is not just a disappointment but a kind of betrayal. Cornel West administrationbetrayaldisappointment Change image and share on social
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 arroganceculturehistory Change image and share on social
