"We are not the worst moments of our……" — Helen Prejean
"We are not the worst moments of our lives. Sister Helen Prejean, author of Dead Man Walking."
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22 Quotes by Helen Prejean
Helen Prejean has 22 quotes on this site.
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The important thing is that when your come to understand something you act on it, no matter how small that…
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If you are going to do something for the poor, the abused, or the imprisoned, above all be faithful. People…
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Remorse presupposes enough self-forgetfulness to feel the pain ofothers.
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The death penalty is a poor person's issue. Always remember that: after all the rhetoric that goes on in the…
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When people of color are killed in the inner city, when homeless people are killed, when the "nobodies" are killed,…
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If we believe that murder is wrong and not admissible in our society, then it has to be wrong for…
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Government ... can't be trusted to control its own bureaucrats or collect taxes equitably or fill a pothole, much less…
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The movement to abolish the death penalty needs the religious community because the heart of religion is about compassion, human…
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I tell myself that I had simply better accept the fact that the death penalty is here to stay in…
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Do they deserve to die?" but "Do we deserve to kill them?
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I saw the suffering and I let myself feel it… I saw the injustice and was compelled to do something…
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I keep thinking of the gifts of my own upbringing, which I once took for granted: I can read any…
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