Keith > Keith's Quotes

“You can't really move forward until you look back.

[From Remaking America panel discussion at George Washington University]”
― Cornel West

“Without the presence of black people in America, European-Americans would not be "white"-- they would be Irish, Italians, Poles, Welsh, and other engaged in class, ethnic, and gender struggles over resources and identity. (p. 107-108)”
― Cornel West, Race Matters

“I cannot be an optimist but I am a prisoner of hope.”
― Cornel West

“You can't lead the people if you don't love the people. You can't save the people if you don't serve the people.”
― Cornel West

“Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public.”
― Cornel West