Cornel West Justice Quotations

Love and trust and justice, concern for the poor, that's being pushed to the margins, and you can see it.

For me the prophetic has to do with mustering the courage to love, to empathize, to exercise compassion, and to be committed to justice.

The rage is still there but I found the right kind of channel, because it's tied to a love, it's tied to a struggle for justice. And most importantly, for me, it's tied to a recognition that I am a cracked vessel.

This is what it is for Asians to be part of - support affirmative action, even though it may be against their interest, but they feel it's a matter of justice.

Greatness is telling the truth & being courageous in pursuit of justice. The worst thing you could tell young people is to be successful but become well-adjusted to an unjust status quo as opposed to being great & being maladjusted to an unjust status quo.

To be human you must bear witness to justice.

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.

Reelection ought not to be the primary preoccupation of any politician. It ought to be standing up for truth and justice.

Justice is what love looks like in public.

Never forget that justice is what love looks like in public

Too many young folk have addiction to superficial things and not enough conviction for substantial things like justice, truth and love.