Finally I got to the point where I said, I'd like to start a project where we can actually talk about race and poverty, not through the lens of a particular case, but much more broadly.

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

Every tree is known by its fruits. So a man is known his deeds.

I would remind you that extremism in the defense of liberty is no vice! And let me remind you also that moderation in the pursuit of justice is no virtue!

Her eyes flashed seven kinds of hell.

And remember my sentimental friend that a heart is not judged by how much you love but by how much you are loved by others.

I couldn’t fight the tide, so Idecided to float along.

I'm not really a management-type person. It doesn't suit my personality to be bossing people around.

Health and cheerfulness make beauty

I'll also tell you that to no less extent my mom, who was the daughter of Irish immigrants.

The most colossal display of wise, inspiring, and humorous metaphors ever exhibited in one place.

I did not criticize the Central Bank's position.