“The last thing the justice system is, is just.”

“Allowing ourselves to become a nation of silent, secretive, timid citizens is likely to result in a system of democracy and justice that is neither very democratic nor very just.”

“We have allowed the system to be so corrupted that many want justice to be "empathetic," not blind.”

“The nature of the criminal justice system has changed. It is no longer primarily concerned with the prevention and punishment of crime, but rather with the management and control of the dispossessed.”

“The fate of millions of people—indeed the future of the black community itself—may depend on the willingness of those who care about racial justice to re-examine their basic assumptions about the role of the criminal justice system in our society.”

“There is no such thing as 'just one last cigarette' – except the last cigarette that you've already had.”