I've come to understand and to believe that each of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done. I believe… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
Intuitively we all like to seek the things that are comfortable rather than uncomfortable. But I do think there is a way… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
I believe that each person is more than the worst thing they've ever done. — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
The great evil of American slavery was involuntary servitude or forced labor. I really believe that the true evil of American slavery… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
Living in Montgomery, I've been antagonized by the emergence of a narrative about our history that I believe is quite false and… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
When we create the right kind of identity, we can say things to the world around us that they don't actually believe… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
That's my mission: I really want to get in the heads and hearts of kids and persuade them that they can believe… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
It's that mind-heart connection that I believe compels us to not just be attentive to all the bright and dazzling things but… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
I can't identify a race of people in this country who are more committed to the health of this country, who believe… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
We are all implicated when we allow other people to be mistreated. An absence of compassion can corrupt the decency of a… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
I love museums, and I think they're fantastic, but they don't touch the people who I frequently think need to be touched with at… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
I've come to understand and to believe that each of us is more than the worst thing we've ever done. I believe that for… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
I'm persuaded that if most people saw what I see on a regular basis, they would want change. — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
When you come to Montgomery, you see fifty-nine monuments and memorials, all about the Civil War, all about Confederate leaders and generals. We have… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
“These aren’t my scars, cuts, and bruises. These are my medals of honor.” — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
The Bureau of Justice reports that one in three black male babies born this century will go to jail or prison - that is… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
If you're just the person with power, exercising that power fearfully and angrily, you're going to be an operative of injustice and inequality. — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
In a landscape littered with all of this imagery about the nobility of the Civil War and the Confederate effort and struggle, the absence… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
If you love your community, then you need to be insisting on justice in all circumstances. — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
There was never a time you could get the majority of people in Alabama or Mississippi, or even southern Delaware, to vote to end… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
I talk about my grandmother a lot, because she's an amazing person - not in some dramatic, distinct, unique way, but anybody who is… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
You can't understand what happened to Michael Brown in Ferguson, you can't understand what happened to Eric Garner in New York City, without understanding… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image