All Sayings

24,444 sayings found from the Contemporary era

I'm a public intellectual who believes in the power of the prophetic tradition.

— Cornel West 2011
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I'm a public intellectual who believes in the power of the prophetic tradition.

— Cornel West 2011
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The American experiment is on the verge of collapse.

— Cornel West 2016
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The American experiment is on the verge of collapse.

— Cornel West 2016
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I'm a Socratic gadfly, always asking questions, always challenging assumptions.

— Cornel West 2005
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I'm a Socratic gadfly, always asking questions, always challenging assumptions.

— Cornel West 2005
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Love is not just an emotion, it's a practice. It's a commitment. It's a way of being in the world.

— Cornel West 2013
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Love is not just an emotion, it's a practice. It's a commitment. It's a way of being in the world.

— Cornel West 2013
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I'm a radical Christian who believes in the revolutionary power of the gospel.

— Cornel West 2012
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I'm a radical Christian who believes in the revolutionary power of the gospel.

— Cornel West 2012
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The blues is not about sadness, it's about courage. It's about resilience. It's about hope in the face of despair.

— Cornel West 2010
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The blues is not about sadness, it's about courage. It's about resilience. It's about hope in the face of despair.

— Cornel West 2010
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I'm a public philosopher who believes in the power of ideas to change the world.

— Cornel West 2009
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I'm a public philosopher who believes in the power of ideas to change the world.

— Cornel West 2009
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We need to recover the best of the American democratic tradition, which is a tradition of dissent, of protest, of resistance.

— Cornel West 2015
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We need to recover the best of the American democratic tradition, which is a tradition of dissent, of protest, of resistance.

— Cornel West 2015
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I'm a revolutionary intellectual, not just an academic.

— Cornel West 2016
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I'm a revolutionary intellectual, not just an academic.

— Cornel West 2016
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The neoliberal experiment has failed. And we need to move beyond it.

— Cornel West 2018
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The neoliberal experiment has failed. And we need to move beyond it.

— Cornel West 2018
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