Anthony Ray Hinton Quotes

I was put on death row because of hate

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The men on death row had been told the world would be better without them. I tried to say that this may not be where we want to be, but let's do what we can for one another

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When I went to prison, for three years I didn't say a word to another human being until, going into the fourth year, when I realized, 'You know what, I have to find a way to live.'

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You get to know everyone on death row. You become friends with them and their families. I met some great guys. Everyone regrets what they did

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Being on death row has taken so much from me as a human being

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Being in a five-by-seven every day for 365 days a year is more than what the average man could stand. You weren't built to be in a cage that long

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Believe me, when you're sitting on death row, you want the appeal process to take time; as long as you're going through it, you're going to be alive

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What kind of system do we have when innocent people can sit on death row for 30 years?

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Death row was the only place where I never witnessed racism. We all went to bed with a death sentence on our heads and woke up that way. We had to become each other's support system

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I am a joyful person

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To me, America need to clean up their own home before they tell another country about human rights. I'm a primary example. America don't care nothing about human rights

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I'm just trying to be a little tiny light in God's world

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I want people to realize that we can teach hate, but we also can teach love

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I never used a gun in my life

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It took me a little while to remember how to use a fork. You know, we don't use forks in the penitentiary. You get a spoon

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There was a time I thought I'd never see the sun again

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