I think when you see that the status quo creates pain and anguish and suffering, what I am most afraid of is that things will stay the same. Bryan Stevenson Read Quote
Somebody has to stand when other people are sitting. Somebody has to speak when other people are quiet. Bryan Stevenson Read Quote
That’s my mission: I really want to get in the heads and hearts of kids and persuade them that they can believe things they haven’t seen, they can do things that maybe others haven’t done before them, that they are more than their worst acts. Bryan Stevenson Read Quote
The great evil of American slavery was involuntary servitude or forced labor. I really believe that the true evil of American slavery was the narrative of racial difference that we created to justify it. Bryan Stevenson Read Quote
I’m not persuaded that the opposite of poverty is wealth – I’ve come to believe… that the opposite of poverty is justice. Bryan Stevenson Read Quote
We’re all burdened by our history of racial inequality. It’s created a kind of smog that we all breathe in, and it has prevented us from being healthy. Bryan Stevenson Read Quote
I believe that each person is more than the worst thing they’ve ever done. Bryan Stevenson Read Quote
One of the things that pains me is we have so tragically underestimated the trauma, the hardship we create in this country when we treat people unfairly, when we incarcerate them unfairly, when we condemn them unfairly. Bryan Stevenson Read Quote
