Montgomery's unique role in the domestic slave trade was that it was the first community that had a rail line that connected the Deep South to the mid-Atlantic region.

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

Our wisdom comes from our experience, and our experience comes from our foolishness.

A true teacher defends his students against his own personal influences.

People kill for money or for power. But the most ruthless murderers are those who kill for their ideas.

Your first try will be wrong. Budget and design for it.

That good is the enemy of great is not just a business problem. It is a human problem.

The Lord 'hath set His tabernacle in the sun,' says the Psalmist. The sun is Mary's heart.

The dark thought, the shame, the malice, meet them at the door laughing, and invite them in.

Your skin's so fair its not fair

Look how the world's poor people are amazed at apparitions, signs and prodigies!

By my troth, I care not; a man can die but once; we owe God a death and let it go which way it will he that dies this year is quit for the next