Just Mercy

"I came out of law school with grand ideas in my mind about how to change the world. But Mr. McMillian made me realize we cant change the world with only ideas in our minds. We need conviction in our hearts. this man taught me how to stay hopeful, because I now know that hopelessness is the enemy of justice. Hope allows us to push for word, even when the truth is distorted by the people in power. It allows us to stand when they tell us to sit down, and to speak when they say be quiet."

"[in the US Senate hearing about the death penalty] Through this work, Ive learned that each of us is more than the worst thing that weve ever done; that the opposite of poverty isnt wealth, the opposite of poverty is justice; that the character of our nation isnt reflected on how we treat the rich and the privileged, but how we treat the poor, the disfavored, and condemned."