500 Quotes by Cornel West

Rap is just a movement within the larger culture of hip-hop.

Music is what we need when language fails us, but we cannot remain silent.

The courage to be is the most difficult thing for any human being.

Interrogate yours hidden assumptions

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.

If we can't get back to principles and integrity and it's reduced just the interest of calculation and Machiavellian manipulation, we are in deep trouble.

White supremacy is so deep-seated that it's hard to see it eliminated. But we could definitely push it back.

The right wing can use anything, and we have to make it very clear and I make it very clear that my love for the president in terms of protecting him and respecting him but also correcting, now all three of those are crucial, and if I can do all three, then the right wing can use it whatever they want, and I'm just clear where I stand, over against them but also critical when the president leans toward the strong, rather than the weak.

It's fashionable to be indifferent to other people's suffering