Barack Obama has domesticated the left in such a way that we feel as if we have no alternative but him...I refuse… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Part of the challenge of the Barack Obama campaign was to try to neutralize that white backlash, and of course, he was… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
It would just be nice if we had leaders in Washington who could unequivocally take a stand on behalf of democratic movements… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Going all the way back to Jeremiah Wright and Tavis Smiley and Van Jones and even Shirley Sherrod and maybe even Maxine… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
I wished the president [Barack Obama] were more "Martin Luther King-like." — Cornel West Copy Share Image
My dear brother Barack Obama has a certain fear of free black men. As a young brother who grows up in a… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
I just don't want the fear from the right to be used by the [Barack] Obama administration to silence critics. We have… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
I know my dear brother, President [Barack] Obama, has a bust of Martin King right there in the Oval Office, but the… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
The white backlash has been at work for a long time. It's been part and parcel of the Republican Party for the… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
We don't hear our president [Barack Obama] talking about the need for high-quality jobs for everybody, giving it priority, not just giving… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
So more and more black folk tend to be well-adjusted to [Barack] Obama's presidency, but does that mean they're well-adjusted to injustice?… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
I'm praying for Barack Obama to stay on the tightrope because I want to fight his right-wing critics. I want to down… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
We look at the legacy of Frederick Douglass and Ida B. Wells and Ella Baker, Malcolm X and Martin King. We have,… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Frank Rich, Paul Krugman, Maureen Dowd, a whole host of brilliant, courageous critics say all kinds of things, and he [Barack Obama]… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
There has certainly been ugly, right-wing hatred targeting Barack Obama. — Cornel West Copy Share Image
What is accurately portrayed is the rich humanity not just of Martin Luther King but of the movement, which was a multiracial movement. You… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
I feel as if I have been blessed to undergo a transformation from 'gangster' to 'redeemed sinner with gangster proclivities.' — Cornel West Copy Share Image
“Like King, we need to put on our cemetery clothes and be coffin-ready for the next great democratic battle.” — Cornel West Copy Share Image
“You can't really move forward until you look back. [From Remaking America panel discussion at George Washington University]” — Cornel West Copy Share Image
When we think of globalization we are thinking in part of structures and institutions that have been developed over time and that have allowed… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
The challenge artists face today is whether to be an underground, unheard genius, or to dilute their art for the marketplace. — Cornel West Copy Share Image
The need of black conservatives to gain the respect of their white peers deeply shapes certain elements of their conservatism. In this regard, they… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
For me, musicians are poets. Beethoven describes himself as a poet of tones, just like Coltrane's a poet of tempo. — Cornel West Copy Share Image
I don't draw any distinctions between forms of bigotry or forms of ideology that lose sight of the humanity of people. I can't stand… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
Barack Obama has domesticated the left in such a way that we feel as if we have no alternative but him...I refuse to accept… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
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… — Cornel West Copy Share Image
![“Going all the way back to Jeremiah Wright and Tavis Smiley and Van Jones and even Shirley Sherrod and maybe even Maxine Waters and Charles Rangel. We're going to see what his [Barack Obama] response is.” quote by Cornel West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/07f/cornel-west-708_barack_going-all-the-way-back-to-jeremiah-wrigh_239109.jpg)
![“I wished the president [Barack Obama] were more "Martin Luther King-like."” quote by Cornel West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/898/cornel-west-708_barack_i-wished-the-president-barack-obama-were_319455.jpg)
![“I just don't want the fear from the right to be used by the [Barack] Obama administration to silence critics. We have to be willing to tell the truth because we're trying to speak about conditions that are being rendered invisible in our prisons and schools in the hood and so forth and so on.” quote by Cornel West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/95c/cornel-west-708_administration_i-just-don-t-want-the-fear-from-the-righ_780814.jpg)
![“I know my dear brother, President [Barack] Obama, has a bust of Martin King right there in the Oval Office, but the question is are is he going to be true to who that Martin Luther King, Jr., actually is? King was concerned about what? The poor. He was concerned about working people. He was…” quote by Cornel West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/6cd/cornel-west-708_afghanistan_i-know-my-dear-brother-president-barack_792715.jpg)
![“We don't hear our president [Barack Obama] talking about the need for high-quality jobs for everybody, giving it priority, not just giving a speech in Detroit. That's fine, but speaking to Tim Geithner, speaking to Larry Summers. When are you going to make jobs, jobs, jobs a priority rather than…” quote by Cornel West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/215/cornel-west-708_barack_we-don-t-hear-our-president-barack-obama_1713007.jpg)
![“So more and more black folk tend to be well-adjusted to [Barack] Obama's presidency, but does that mean they're well-adjusted to injustice? Because we don't hear our president talking about the new Jim Crow, the prison-industrial complex.” quote by Cornel West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/981/cornel-west-708_barack_so-more-and-more-black-folk-tend-to-be-w_2283384.jpg)
![“We look at the legacy of Frederick Douglass and Ida B. Wells and Ella Baker, Malcolm X and Martin King. We have, and part of the struggle now in the age of [Barack] Obama is how do we keep alive the legacy of Martin King?” quote by Cornel West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/23d/cornel-west-708_age_we-look-at-the-legacy-of-frederick-dougl_2704483.jpg)
![“Frank Rich, Paul Krugman, Maureen Dowd, a whole host of brilliant, courageous critics say all kinds of things, and he [Barack Obama] treats them with respect. They get invited to the White House. I say the same thing, he talks to me like I'm a Cub Scout.” quote by Cornel West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/bea/cornel-west-708_all-kinds_frank-rich-paul-krugman-maureen-dowd-a-w_3152598.jpg)
![“You can't really move forward until you look back. [From Remaking America panel discussion at George Washington University]” quote by Cornel West](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/img-quotes/273/cornel-west-708_george-w_you-can-t-really-move-forward-until-you_37313.jpg)
