Prison is a second-by-second assault on the soul, a day-to-day degradation of the self, an oppressive steel and brick umbrella that transforms seconds into hours and hours into days.

Politics is the art of making the people believe that they are in power, when in fact, they have none.

I was punished for communicating.

Very few people in prison have voices that go beyond the wall. It's my job to do the work for them because they have no one.

here and there in the barrios and the favelas, among those who have least, beat hearts of hope, fly sparks of Overcoming.

Before this generation goes on to its ancestors, we should, we must, do our level best to pass on our lessons, so that they live in our people's minds and lives.

Many claim that it is insane to resist the system; but actually, it is insane not to.