Bryan Stevenson : (5) " Obviously, there were ways to have made a lot more money and to have had more leisure. But I wouldn’t choose that. I feel rich in ways that are unique and that I would never trade for tens of millions of dollars in the bank. " - Bryan Stevenson " I believe that each person is more than the worst thing they’ve ever done. " - Bryan Stevenson " It saddens me that African Americans – when they express their pain, when they protest about police violence, when they question inequality, when they raise issues of bondage and discrimination – African Americans are seen as not patriotic. " - Bryan Stevenson " I’m not persuaded that the opposite of poverty is wealth – I’ve come to believe… that the opposite of poverty is justice. " - Bryan Stevenson " You can’t understand what happened to Michael Brown in Ferguson, you can’t understand what happened to Eric Garner in New York City, without understanding this narrative of racial difference that was created during the slave years. " - Bryan Stevenson