Somebody has to stand when other people are sitting. Somebody has to speak when other people are quiet.
Bryan StevensonIt can be a challenge, but my legacy, at least for the people who came before me, is you don't run from challenges because that's more comfortable and convenient.
Bryan StevensonYou donโt change the world with the ideas in your mind, but with the conviction in your heart.
Bryan StevensonI think there is a contempt for the human dignity of people who were enslaved. You couldn't see them as fully human and so you didn't respect their desire to be connected to a family and a place. That was the only way you could tolerate and make sense of lynching and the terror that lynching represented.
Bryan Stevenson