Bryan Stevenson Quotes

United States, Lawyer
November 14, 1959

Bryan A. Stevenson is an American lawyer, social justice activist, founder and executive director of the Equal Justice Initiative, and a clinical professor at New York University School of Law.

My parents lived in a poor rural community on the Eastern Shore, and schools were still segregated. And I remember when lawyers came into our community to open up the public schools to black kids.

Bryan Stevenson
- Up
- Kids
- Remember
Most parents have long understood that kids don't have the judgment, the maturity, the impulse control and insight necessary to make complicated lifelong decisions.

Bryan Stevenson
- Long
- Kids
- Parents

It 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 Stevenson
- People
- Challenge
- Legacy
Somebody has to stand when other people are sitting. Somebody has to speak when other people are quiet.

Bryan Stevenson
- People
Many states can no longer afford to support public education, public benefits, public services without doing something about the exorbitant costs that mass incarceration have created.

Bryan Stevenson
- Education
- Support