Bryan Stevenson Quotes About Poverty

Quotes about: Poverty

• The opposite of poverty is not wealth. I don't believe that. I actually think, in too many places, the opposite of poverty is justice.

  Bryan Stevenson

  Opposites, Justice, Poverty

  "We need to talk about an injustice". TED Talk, www.ted.com. March 2012.

• 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.

  Bryan Stevenson

  Reality, Race, Punishment

• Sometimes the facts of the crime are so distracting - there's been some tragic murder or horrific incident, and people aren't required to think as carefully and thoughtfully, and directly, about this legacy of racial inequality and structural poverty. And what it's contributing to these wrongful convictions.

  Bryan Stevenson

  Thinking, People, Legacy

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

• Finally I got to the point where I said, I'd like to start a project where we can actually talk about race and poverty, not through the lens of a particular case, but much more broadly.

  Bryan Stevenson

  Race, Lenses, Poverty

  Source: www.guernicamag.com

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