Author: Clint Smith

Quotes

The death penalty not only takes away the life of the person strapped to the table - it takes away a little bit of the humanity in each of us.

The death penalty not only takes away the life of the person strapped to the table - it takes away a little bit of the humanity in each of us.

- Clint Smith

This idea of shared humanity and the connections that we make with one another - that's what, in fact, makes life worth living.

This idea of shared humanity and the connections that we make with one another - that's what, in fact, makes life worth living.

- Clint Smith

Silence is the residue of fear.

Silence is the residue of fear.

- Clint Smith

Education is a human right - a recognition of dignity that each person should be afforded.

Education is a human right - a recognition of dignity that each person should be afforded.

- Clint Smith

The power of literature does not lie in resonance with the particular but the way that the particular speaks to a broader, more universal truth.

The power of literature does not lie in resonance with the particular but the way that the particular speaks to a broader, more universal truth.

- Clint Smith

When the power of private prisons is diminished, so, too, is their ability to engage in back-door political lobbying that has an impact on public and private prisons alike.

When the power of private prisons is diminished, so, too, is their ability to engage in back-door political lobbying that has an impact on public and private prisons alike.

- Clint Smith

Those who support the death penalty are accepting a practice that is both ineffective and fundamentally flawed.

Those who support the death penalty are accepting a practice that is both ineffective and fundamentally flawed.

- Clint Smith

Until lawmakers can disentangle property taxes from public education, inequalities - perpetuated by the Supreme Court and Congress - will persist.

Until lawmakers can disentangle property taxes from public education, inequalities - perpetuated by the Supreme Court and Congress - will persist.

- Clint Smith

If the only people we are able to extend empathy to are those who are like us, who come from the same country we do, or who share our faith, then we misunderstand what empathy is.

If the only people we are able to extend empathy to are those who are like us, who come from the same country we do, or who share our faith, then we misunderstand what empathy is.

- Clint Smith

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