Anthony Ray Hinton Quotes

United States, Author
June 1, 1956

Anthony Ray Hinton is a man from Alabama who was wrongly convicted of the 1985 murders of two fast food restaurant managers in Birmingham, sentenced to death, and held on the state's death row for 28 years.

Also known as Activist

When it seems like the whole world thinks you're bad, it's hard to hang on to your goodness.

Anthony Ray Hinton
- Bad
- Goodness
- Hang On
I hope that America will do away with the death penalty. I truly believe we are better than that.

Anthony Ray Hinton

I'm really trying to bring an end to the death penalty because it means so much to me.

Anthony Ray Hinton
- Trying
- End
- Death Penalty
My only crime was being born black - or being born black in Alabama.

Anthony Ray Hinton
- Black
- Born
- Crime
Justice should be one of the things that's colorblind.

Anthony Ray Hinton
Bitterness kills the soul.

Anthony Ray Hinton
- Soul
- Bitterness
I loved to read books in the free world, and there was a lot of time to sit around and do nothing in prison. When you read, it opens up your mind; it helped us take our minds away from where we were.

Anthony Ray Hinton
- Mind
- Read
- Take Away
When you're poor and black in America, you stand a greater chance of going to prison for something you didn't do.

Anthony Ray Hinton
- Black
- Chance
- Poor

You never think of your freedom until it's taken away from you, and once it's taken... So, it means everything to me. You couldn't put a price tag on it.

Anthony Ray Hinton
- Freedom
- Taken
- Price
Everybody that played a part in sending me to death row, you will answer to God.

Anthony Ray Hinton
- God
- Answer
- Everybody