Pamela Smart quotes

“I think the death penalty's easier than life in prison,”
-- Pamela Smart

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“I think I feel rather differently about sympathy to what seems the normal view. I like just to feel it is there, but not always expressed.”

“Because of a friend, life is a little stronger, fuller, more gracious thing for the friend's existence, whether he be near or far. If the friend is close at hand, that is best; but if he is far away he still is there to think of, to wonder about, to hear from, to write to, to share life and experience with, to serve, to honor, to admire, to love.”

“Personally I am very much against the death penalty for several reasons.”

“In all religions, we make a choice about what we emphasize, and I choose to come down on the side of a loving God.”

Source : Bernice King (1999). “Hard Questions, Heart Answers”, p.45, Harmony

“The abolition of the death penalty is making us a civilized society. It shows we actually do mean business when we say we have reverence for life.”

“Prisons do not disappear problems, they disappear human beings…”

Source : Avery Gordon, Angela Davis (2015). “Keeping Good Time: Reflections on Knowledge, Power and People”, p.54, Routledge

“Poor people, people of color - especially are much more likely to be found in prison than in institutions of higher education.”

“I'm involved in the work around prison rights in general.”

“By disobeying god, we escape from his totalitarian prison where you cannot ask any questions, where you must never question authority. We become our human selves,”

“I turn and turn in my cell like a fly that doesn't know where to die.”