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



Who wants to be well-adjusted to injustice? What kind of human being do you want to be? - Cornel West



What is frightening about 1997 is the erosion of the systems of caring and nurturing in America at large, but in particular,black America. - Cornel West



We will not allow this day of the Martin Luther King, Jr. Memorial to go without somebody going to jail. - Cornel West



We want to bear witness today that we know the relation between corporate greed and what goes on too often in the Supreme Court decisions. - Cornel West