Michelle Alexander Thousands of people plead guilty to crimes every year in the United States because they know that the odds of a jury’s believing their word over a police officer’s are slim to none. – Michelle Alexander Believing Quotes Crimes Quotes Guilty Quotes Jurys Quotes Odds Quotes Officers Quotes People Quotes Plead Quotes Police Quotes Slim Quotes Thousands Quotes United Quotes Word Quotes In this era of mass incarceration, the police shouldn’t be trusted any more than any other witness, perhaps less so. It is no longer socially permissible to use race, explicitly, as a justification for discrimination, exclusion, and social contempt. So we don’t. Rather than rely on race, we use our criminal justice system to label people of color ‘criminals’ and then engage in all the practices we supposedly left behind.
Jim Webb The Senate floor is and always has been the great arena of our democracy. I spent eight years in my younger life as a boxer, and sometimes when I enter the chamber, I think, ‘This is the ring. The American people can see us here and listen to our arguments. This is where the fights matter.’ – Jim Webb
Paul Bremer Saddam spent 35 years stealing and wasting money, and all of these systems are very fragile and brittle, and you try to fix one thing and something else gets in trouble. – Paul Bremer
John Petrucci When you watch your favorite guitarists play, notice how little their hands and fingers move sometimes. The economy of motion can’t be overemphasized. – John Petrucci
Orrin Hatch I’ve talked to Mitt Romney. He’s not going to run for this seat. I would be glad for him if he would. – Orrin Hatch
Russell Means Indian policy’ has now been brought down upon the American people, and the American people are the new Indians of the 21st Century. – Russell Means
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