Wilbert Rideau

The thing I've learned in life is that basically good people can do some really horrific things, and basically bad people can…

— Wilbert Rideau

Life isn't that simple. Everybody has a dual potential to do good and bad and you're capable of doing both. But as…

— Wilbert Rideau

If you're gonna judge people by crimes, you get into a quagmire. If you're gonna judge people by themselves, by who and…

— Wilbert Rideau

Whatever you want, you can make things happen.

— Wilbert Rideau

Solitary confinement has been used extensively, it always has. I was in prison for 44 years; it was a normal part of…

— Wilbert Rideau

Crime is a social problem, and education is the only real deterrent. Look at all of us in prison; we were all…

— Wilbert Rideau

“You have a responsibility to act for others when you're the only person in a position to do so. It's how you…

— Wilbert Rideau