I say this thing about how I've never had to say my head is bloodied but not bowed, like everybody who came before me had to say. And that tells me that I can do a lot more than I think I can.

I have to get comfortable with resistance, and even sometimes with hostility.

I'm persuaded that if most people saw what I see on a regular basis, they would want change.

The reality is that capital punishment in America is a lottery. It is a punishment that is shaped by the constraints of poverty, race, geography and local politics.

You ultimately judge the civility of a society not by how it treats the rich, the powerful, the protected and the highly esteemed, but by how it treats the poor, the disfavored and the disadvantaged.

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

We all have a responsibility to create a just society