Government ... can't be trusted to control its own bureaucrats or collect taxes equitably or fill a pothole, much less decide which… — Helen Prejean Against death penalty 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… — Helen Prejean Attorney Copy Share Image
people are more than the worst thing they have ever done in their lives — Helen Prejean Done 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… — Helen Prejean Being faithful 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,… — Helen Prejean Depth 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.… — Helen Prejean Fitness motivational 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.… — Helen Prejean Death 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,… — Helen Prejean Accepting 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… — 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… — Helen Prejean Crosses Copy Share Image
“Nonviolence and nonaggression are generally regarded as interchangeable concepts - King and Gandhi frequently used them that way - but nonviolence, as… — Helen Prejean Nonviolent resistance Copy Share Image
The death penalty is a poor person's issue. Always remember that: after all the rhetoric that goes on in the legislative assemblies,… — Helen Prejean Assembly Copy Share Image
Do they deserve to die?" but "Do we deserve to kill them? — Helen Prejean Death penalty Copy Share Image
When you try, God is there and you get the grace you need to get you through. — Helen Prejean God Copy Share Image
“It is easy to forgive the innocent. It is the guilty who test our morality. People are more than the worst thing… — Helen Prejean Forgiveness Copy Share Image
The movement to abolish the death penalty needs the religious community because the heart of religion is about compassion, human rights, and… — Helen Prejean Abolish Copy Share Image
“Patrick had asked why people wanted to kill Mr. Sonnier. "Because they say he killed people," Bill had answered. "But, Dad"," Patrick… — Helen Prejean Copy Share Image
“Who killed this man [Patrick Sonnier]? Nobody. Everybody can argue that he or she was just doing a job - the governor,… — Helen Prejean Copy Share Image
“The death penalty costs too much. Allowing our government to kill citizens compromises the deepest moral values upon which this country was… — Helen Prejean Death Copy Share Image
“I have no doubt that we will one day abolish the death penalty in America. It will come sooner if people like… — Helen Prejean Death Copy Share Image
“Don't you miss having a man? Don't you want to get married?" He [Patrick Sonnier] is simple and direct. I'm simple and… — Helen Prejean Close friends Copy Share Image
Allowing our government to kill citizens compromises the deepest moral values upon which this country was conceived: the inviolable dignity of human… — Helen Prejean Allowing Copy Share Image
