Whenever society begins to create policies and laws rooted in fear and anger, there will be abuse and injustice.

We live in a country that talks about being the home of the brave and the land of the free, and we have the highest incarceration rate in the world.

If we want to be proud of our country, if we want to be proud as Americans, if we want to be proud of our history, then we can't talk about the things that are inconsistent with pride, about which we can have no pride.

You can't demand truth and reconciliation. You have to demand truth - people have to hear it, and then they have to want to reconcile themselves to that truth.

Whenever society begins to create policies and laws rooted in fear and anger, there will be abuse and injustice.

We are all broken by something. We have all hurt someone and have been hurt. We all share the condition of brokenness even if our brokenness is not equivalent.

Somebody has to stand when other people are sitting. Somebody has to speak when other people are quiet.