We're just trying to figure out what being a good citizen is, what participating in a democracy is, what taking responsibility for… — Cecily McMillan American citizen Copy Share Image
I really don't feel good about leaving my house anymore. I don't feel really good about being anywhere in New York City… — Cecily McMillan Cities Copy Share Image
I felt like there wasn't a political discourse. I felt like there was just one set of values, and any one set… — Cecily McMillan Communication Copy Share Image
I think in short order all of us need to act like we are citizens with not only rights, but also duties. — Cecily McMillan Citizens Copy Share Image
I cannot speak adequately, especially considering my race and my privilege, to the violence of the NYPD or the police in racial… — Cecily McMillan Considering Copy Share Image
Jail is just another micro-society. It just happens that here, the problems are far more out in the open, we don't live… — Cecily McMillan Capitalism Copy Share Image
My town was all-white and shut down Section 8 housing because they didn't want black people to move into the town. And… — Cecily McMillan Black Copy Share Image
I had a sense that my mother was struggling, when I was a kid, working twelve hour days, making $12,000 a year… — Cecily McMillan Hours Copy Share Image
I would like to start a discussion about ending solitary confinement. I'd like to start a discussion about the removal of MO… — Cecily McMillan Confinement Copy Share Image
If somebody is acting maladjusted - which means not happy to be at Rikers - the protocol, as I understand it and… — Cecily McMillan Acting Copy Share Image
I think that by telling the truth and by attempting to be a good citizen, somehow I've ended up playing with fire.… — Cecily McMillan Attempting Copy Share Image
I think any person who goes to Rikers is criminalized, even just for visiting. I go back every week to see my… — Cecily McMillan Crime Copy Share Image
You can't put people in jail for having mental disorders. You can't do that, and they should not be held there. They… — Cecily McMillan Jail Copy Share Image
I can be all pissed off at the oppression of the state, but what does that really mean? Well, it's the tacit… — Cecily McMillan Consent Copy Share Image
I think the big turning moment was when I joined the student political action club and started studying nonviolent civil disobedience in… — Cecily McMillan Action Copy Share Image
