The important thing is that when you come to understand something you act on it, no matter how small that act is. Eventually it will take you where you need to go. — Helen Prejean Copy Share Image
Government ... can't be trusted to control its own bureaucrats or collect taxes equitably or fill a pothole, much less decide which of its… — Helen Prejean Copy Share Image
When people of color are killed in the inner city, when homeless people are killed, when the "nobodies" are killed, district attorneys do not… — Helen Prejean Copy Share Image
people are more than the worst thing they have ever done in their lives — Helen Prejean Copy Share Image
If you are going to do something for the poor, the abused, or the imprisoned, above all be faithful. People with broken lives often… — Helen Prejean Copy Share Image
Writing is like praying, because you stop all other activities, descend into silence, and listen patiently to the depths of your soul, waiting for… — Helen Prejean Copy Share Image
The important thing is that when you come to understand something you act on it, no matter how small that act is. Eventually it… — Helen Prejean Copy Share Image
“no government is ever innocent enough or wise enough or just enough to lay claim to so absolute a power as death. (p. 21)” — Helen Prejean Copy Share Image
I tell myself that I had simply better accept the fact that the death penalty is here to stay in our society, at least… — Helen Prejean Copy Share Image
“The prospect that a person will be killed according to the policy he promulgates prompts the [priest] to urge clemency, an incomprehensible position logically.” — Helen Prejean Copy Share Image
Once you inject fear into a society of people, they become more and more afraid because they don't cross over the neighbourhoods and the… — Helen Prejean Copy Share Image
“Nonviolence and nonaggression are generally regarded as interchangeable concepts - King and Gandhi frequently used them that way - but nonviolence, as employed by… — Helen Prejean Copy Share Image
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