“I've never been tied to one party or one candidate or even one institu...” — Cornel West Quote

“I've never been tied to one party or one candidate or even one institution. And that's true even with one church as a Christian. I'm committed to truth and justice.”

“Racism is a moral catastrophe, most graphically seen in the prison industrial complex and targeted police surveillance in black and brown ghettos rendered invisible in public discourse.”

“There is always a very delicate interplay between individual actions and institutional conditions. But there is no such thing as institutional conditions without any individual actions and no such thing as individual action without institutional conditions. So there is always personal responsibility.”

“The fault always lies in the candidate or the head coach or the guy holding the ball.”

“Trump is not going to win the presidency because he himself is a weak, weak candidate.”

“I'm not sure Lincoln would fare well if he were a presidential candidate today.”