Many states can no longer afford to support public education, public benefits, public services without doing something about the exorbitant costs that mass incarceration have created.

You ultimately judge the civility of a society not by how it treats the rich, the powerful, the protected and the highly esteemed, but by how it treats the poor, the disfavored and the disadvantaged.

We have a system of justice in [the US] that treats you much better if you're rich and guilty than if you're poor and innocent. Wealth, not culpability, shapes outcomes.

You don’t change the world with the ideas in your mind, but with the conviction in your heart.

Somebody has to stand when other people are sitting. Somebody has to speak when other people are quiet.

The opposite of poverty is not wealth. I don't believe that. I actually think, in too many places, the opposite of poverty is justice.

The true measure of our character is how we treat the poor, the disfavored, the accused, the incarcerated, and the condemned.

Each of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done.

We live in a country that talks about being the home of the brave and the land of the free, and we have the highest incarceration rate in the world.

I don't think there's been a time in American history with more innocent people in prison.

Always do the right thing even when the right thing is the hard thing

UNDAUNTED PURSUITSuccess, however measured, is the seat of a stool with three legs of determination, focus and resilience

You say that you don’t care about age and that you’re ready to push the wheelchair and hose down my bum, but how can you be sure?

Maybe innocence makes its way easiest through the elemental chaos of this world.

Il est plus facile de faire la guerre que la paix. It is far easier to make war than to make peace.

Fairies don’t live long, but they are so little that a short time seems a good while to them

A sick child is always the mother's property; her own feelings generally make it so.

All training does is get us back what we lost when we stopped having to hunt down our food. Our bodies are built for it already.

I'm getting the impression that women, in any form, scare you." He shrugged. "They're the more violent species. And unpredictable. I'd rather take on a wild boar. You can't shoot women.

I enjoy being a girl.

Children are amazing. Believe in yourself and stay strong. And remember that there are people out there who can help you when things get tough.