The opposite of poverty is not wealth. I don't believe that. I actually think, in too many places, the opposite of poverty… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
The reality is that capital punishment in America is a lottery. It is a punishment that is shaped by the constraints of… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
The opposite of poverty isn't wealth. The opposite of poverty is justice. — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
Finally I got to the point where I said, I'd like to start a project where we can actually talk about race… — Bryan Stevenson Copy Share Image
Sometimes the facts of the crime are so distracting - there's been some tragic murder or horrific incident, and people aren't required… — 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
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
