Cornel West

I'm a revolutionary optimist. I believe that we can still turn this thing around.

I'm a revolutionary optimist. I believe that we can still turn this thing around.

To be a prophet is to be a truth-teller, to be a justice-seeker, and to be a love-practitioner.

To be a prophet is to be a truth-teller, to be a justice-seeker, and to be a love-practitioner.

I'm a jazz philosopher. I believe in improvisation, in spontaneity, in the unexpected.

I'm a jazz philosopher. I believe in improvisation, in spontaneity, in the unexpected.

The world is a very complicated place. And we need to have a profound sense of humility.

The world is a very complicated place. And we need to have a profound sense of humility.

I'm a public intellectual, but I'm also a street intellectual. I'm rooted in the streets, in the hood, with the people.

I'm a public intellectual, but I'm also a street intellectual. I'm rooted in the streets, in the hood, with the people.

The love that we need is a love that's willing to suffer, a love that's willing to sacrifice, a love that's willing to go to jail.

The love that we need is a love that's willing to suffer, a love that's willing to sacrifice, a love that's willing to go to jail.

I'm a radical democrat. I believe in the power of ordinary people to transform society.

I'm a radical democrat. I believe in the power of ordinary people to transform society.

The American dream is really a nightmare for most people.

The American dream is really a nightmare for most people.

I'm a blues philosopher, a melancholic optimist.

I'm a blues philosopher, a melancholic optimist.

We are living in an age of spiritual blackout, where the lights of truth, beauty, and goodness are being extinguished.

We are living in an age of spiritual blackout, where the lights of truth, beauty, and goodness are being extinguished.