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> [When you come to Montgomery, you see fifty-nine monuments and memorials, all about the Civil War, all about Confederate leaders and generals.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-stevenson/when-you-come-to-montgomery-you-see-fifty-nine-monuments-and/)

[Bryan Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-stevenson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/544/bryan-stevenson-4134_civil-war_when-you-come-to-montgomery-you-see-fift_93890.png)

> [In a landscape littered with all of this imagery about the nobility of the Civil War and the Confederate effort and struggle,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-stevenson/in-a-landscape-littered-with-all-of-this-imagery-about-the-nobility/)

[Bryan Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-stevenson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/98e/bryan-stevenson-4134_absence_in-a-landscape-littered-with-all-of-this_186491.jpg)

> [The landscape in Montgomery and in the South is just saturated with imagery. Markers are everywhere. There's a marker for the first…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-stevenson/the-landscape-in-montgomery-and-in-the-south-is-just-saturated-with/)

[Bryan Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-stevenson/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/2cf/bryan-stevenson-4134_balls_the-landscape-in-montgomery-and-in-the-s_1412790.png)

## More by Bryan Stevenson

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-stevenson/i-love-museums-and-i-think-they-re-fantastic-but-they-don-t-touch-the/)

[Bryan Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-stevenson/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-stevenson/i-ve-come-to-understand-and-to-believe-that-each-of-us-is-more-than/)

[Bryan Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-stevenson/)

> [I'm persuaded that if most people saw what I see on a regular basis, they would want change.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-stevenson/i-m-persuaded-that-if-most-people-saw-what-i-see-on-a-regular-basis/)

[Bryan Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-stevenson/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-stevenson/when-you-come-to-montgomery-you-see-fifty-nine-monuments-and/)

[Bryan Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-stevenson/)

> [“These aren’t my scars, cuts, and bruises. These are my medals of honor.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-stevenson/these-aren-t-my-scars-cuts-and-bruises-these-are-my-medals-of-honor/)

[Bryan Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-stevenson/)

> [The Bureau of Justice reports that one in three black male babies born this century will go to jail or prison - that is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-stevenson/the-bureau-of-justice-reports-that-one-in-three-black-male-babies/)

[Bryan Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-stevenson/)

> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-stevenson/if-you-re-just-the-person-with-power-exercising-that-power-fearfully/)

[Bryan Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-stevenson/)

> [In a landscape littered with all of this imagery about the nobility of the Civil War and the Confederate effort and struggle, the absence…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-stevenson/in-a-landscape-littered-with-all-of-this-imagery-about-the-nobility/)

[Bryan Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-stevenson/)

> [If you love your community, then you need to be insisting on justice in all circumstances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-stevenson/if-you-love-your-community-then-you-need-to-be-insisting-on-justice/)

[Bryan Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-stevenson/)

> [There was never a time you could get the majority of people in Alabama or Mississippi, or even southern Delaware, to vote to end…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-stevenson/there-was-never-a-time-you-could-get-the-majority-of-people-in/)

[Bryan Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-stevenson/)

> [I talk about my grandmother a lot, because she's an amazing person - not in some dramatic, distinct, unique way, but anybody who is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-stevenson/i-talk-about-my-grandmother-a-lot-because-she-s-an-amazing-person-not/)

[Bryan Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-stevenson/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-stevenson/you-can-t-understand-what-happened-to-michael-brown-in-ferguson-you/)

[Bryan Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-stevenson/)

> [I know this might be broadcast broadly. But I'm 52 years old, and I'm going to admit to you that I've never had a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-stevenson/i-know-this-might-be-broadcast-broadly-but-i-m-52-years-old-and-i-m/)

[Bryan Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-stevenson/)

> [Are you the sum total of your worst acts?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-stevenson/are-you-the-sum-total-of-your-worst-acts/)

[Bryan Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-stevenson/)

> [If we want to be proud of our country, if we want to be proud as Americans, if we want to be proud of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bryan-stevenson/if-we-want-to-be-proud-of-our-country-if-we-want-to-be-proud-as/)

[Bryan Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bryan-stevenson/)

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