You can't demand truth and reconciliation. You have to demand truth - people have to hear it, and then they have to want to reconcile themselves to that truth.

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

If you're handed sour grapestake off your shoes and start dancing

Men come and go, but best friends are irreplaceable.

You say ‘cure.’ I hear ‘you’re not human enough.

Almost any decision is better than no decision at all.

Knowing where the trap is-- that's the first step in evading it.

I got a king-sized bed. I don't know any kings, but if one came over, I guess he'd be comfortable.

I know what I want to do and there's no point giving my secrets away.

Pity for him who one day looks uponhis inward sphinx and questions it. He is lost.

The poetic element lying hidden in most women is the source of their magnetic attraction.

The prayers of all good people are good.