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> [When it seems like the whole world thinks you're bad, it's hard to hang on to your goodness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-ray-hinton/when-it-seems-like-the-whole-world-thinks-you-re-bad-it-s-hard-to/)

[Anthony Ray Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-ray-hinton/)

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## More by Anthony Ray Hinton

> [Justice should be one of the things that's colorblind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-ray-hinton/justice-should-be-one-of-the-things-that-s-colorblind/)

[Anthony Ray Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-ray-hinton/)

> [There was a time I thought I'd never see the sun again.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-ray-hinton/there-was-a-time-i-thought-i-d-never-see-the-sun-again/)

[Anthony Ray Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-ray-hinton/)

> [In the South, people in power feel they don't have to answer to no one.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-ray-hinton/in-the-south-people-in-power-feel-they-don-t-have-to-answer-to-no-one/)

[Anthony Ray Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-ray-hinton/)

> [I shouldn't have sat on death row 30 years. All they had to do was test the gun. But when you think you are…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-ray-hinton/i-shouldn-t-have-sat-on-death-row-30-years-all-they-had-to-do-was/)

[Anthony Ray Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-ray-hinton/)

> [I have a good sense of humour, and that's what kept me for the 30 years I was locked up.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-ray-hinton/i-have-a-good-sense-of-humour-and-that-s-what-kept-me-for-the-30/)

[Anthony Ray Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-ray-hinton/)

> [On September 22, 2002, my mama, Buhlar Hinton, died. When the guards told me, I gave up. She'd been deteriorating for a long time…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-ray-hinton/on-september-22-2002-my-mama-buhlar-hinton-died-when-the-guards-told/)

[Anthony Ray Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-ray-hinton/)

> [America should be ashamed to say they have the best justice system in the world when, every day, race plays a part in who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-ray-hinton/america-should-be-ashamed-to-say-they-have-the-best-justice-system-in/)

[Anthony Ray Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-ray-hinton/)

> [Black, poor, without a father most of my life, one of 10 children - it was actually pretty amazing I had made it to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-ray-hinton/black-poor-without-a-father-most-of-my-life-one-of-10-children-it-was/)

[Anthony Ray Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-ray-hinton/)

> [When it seems like the whole world thinks you're bad, it's hard to hang on to your goodness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-ray-hinton/when-it-seems-like-the-whole-world-thinks-you-re-bad-it-s-hard-to/)

[Anthony Ray Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-ray-hinton/)

> [Believe me, when you're sitting on death row, you want the appeal process to take time; as long as you're going through it, you're…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-ray-hinton/believe-me-when-you-re-sitting-on-death-row-you-want-the-appeal/)

[Anthony Ray Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-ray-hinton/)

> [I want you to know there is a God. He sits high, but he looks low. He will destroy, but yet he will defend…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-ray-hinton/i-want-you-to-know-there-is-a-god-he-sits-high-but-he-looks-low-he/)

[Anthony Ray Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-ray-hinton/)

> [I loved to read books in the free world, and there was a lot of time to sit around and do nothing in prison.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-ray-hinton/i-loved-to-read-books-in-the-free-world-and-there-was-a-lot-of-time/)

[Anthony Ray Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-ray-hinton/)

> [When the very people that you been taught to believe in - the police, the D.A., these are the people that are supposed to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-ray-hinton/when-the-very-people-that-you-been-taught-to-believe-in-the-police/)

[Anthony Ray Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-ray-hinton/)

> [Death row prisoners face enormous challenges in finding lawyers who will assist them.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-ray-hinton/death-row-prisoners-face-enormous-challenges-in-finding-lawyers-who/)

[Anthony Ray Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-ray-hinton/)

> [Bitterness kills the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anthony-ray-hinton/bitterness-kills-the-soul/)

[Anthony Ray Hinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anthony-ray-hinton/)

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