Cornel West Quotes

There is no right to not be offended, nor should there be.

Every person has got the right to speak in public so long as it is their own point of view and it does not reflect badly on their employers, the game or other personalities in the game.

I do not agree with what you have to say, but I'll defend to the death your right to say it.

Whether you are Republican or Democrat or liberal or conservative, we should never, never, never allow ourselves emotionally to interfere with another person's right to express themselves.

Free speech is a valuable commodity, which we preserve and protect, but there quite rightly is restriction on free speech in the best interest of the good order of the community and common sense.

I think people have a right to their point of view.

In Canada we respect freedom of speech but we do not worship it.

Today I am here to defend the right to offend within the bounds of the law.

Every man has a right to utter what he thinks truth, and every other man has a right to knock him down for it.

We must protect the right of our opponents to speak, because we must hear what they have to say.

My friends, in this country we are entitled to many viewpoints. You are entitled to yours, but right now, I am entitled to mine.

I believe in freedom of speech. I believe people have the right to say whatever they want to say. As long as they're ready to own what they say. Because there's a price to pay when you say something that's against the grain that is not correct.

People are always going to say what they want to say and believe what they want to believe, but that's the bottom line.

I support Richard Spencer's right to say what he wants. He can be nasty about Jewish people, he has a right to free speech, but I don't want to be a part of that.

This is America, and everybody should have a right to say what they want to say. But I think there's a time and a place for it.

The Founding Fathers' instructions were clear: The right to free speech includes bad speech; it means tolerance of ideas that many find obnoxious.

We need less political correctness and more political courage.

It was just something - I didn't agree with what the flag was representing at this time, and you know, if you look at the original picture where people addressed it, I was trying to sit behind the coolers and out of the way, 'cause I didn't want to interrupt anybody else's right to stand and hold attention to the flag.

I think we have gone too far into the PC culture, but there's a limit to how far we can take that.

I'm pretty relaxed on what people should be able to do as long as they're not hurting anybody else.

I think that's the beauty of living in America, right? We all get our own opinion, and no one opinion is absolute.

Americans have the right to say what they believe. But with that right comes the responsibility to respect our neighbors, respect law enforcement, and obey the laws.

The heck with political correctness. I've never believed in it.

Unfortunately, we don't live in a society where you can say whatever you want, and there will be no repercussions. Pick and choose your battles. I think that's the key.

I am not advocating beef eating. But I am advocating freedom to have an opinion and a voice.