Cornel West Quotes About Commitment
-
Those who have never despaired have neither lived nor loved. Hope is inseparable from despair. Those of us who truly hope make despair a constant companion whom we out-wrestle every day owing to our commitment to justice, love, and hope.
→ -
We have to recognise that there cannot be relationships unless there is commitment, unless there is loyalty, unless there is love, patience, persistence.
→ -
I think it's important not to view Martin Luther King Jr. in a narrow political manner. His fundamental commitment is to a radical love of humanity, and especially of poor and working people. And that radical love leads him to a radical analysis of power, domination and oppression. What's difficult is to situate him ideologically under a particular category.
→ -
The American Dream is individualistic. Martin Luther King's dream was collective. The American Dream says, "I can engage in upward mobility and live the good life." King's dream was fundamentally Christian. His commitment to radical love had everything to do with his commitment to Jesus of Nazareth, and his dream had everything to do with community, with a "we" consciousness that included poor and working people around the world, not just black people.
→
Related Authors
-
Immortal Technique Rapper -
Jesse Jackson Activist -
Jill Stein Physician -
Angela Davis Political Activist -
Amy Goodman Journalist -
Brother Ali Hip-hop artist -
Malcolm X Human rights activist -
Tavis Smiley Talk show host -
Sylvia Ann Hewlett Economist -
Henry Louis Gates Literary critic -
Martin Luther King, Jr. Civil rights activist -
Noam Chomsky Linguist -
Michael Eric Dyson Author -
Bell Hooks Author -
Eddie Glaude Professor -
Chris Hedges Author -
Louis Farrakhan American Political leader -
W. E. B. Du Bois Historian -
Bob Avakian Political figure -
Killer Mike Hip-hop artist