Top 30 Quotes About Trayvon Martin
#1. You'll go far. How do I know? Because life is goosing you so hard you'll never stop climbing.
Robertson Davies
#2. How do children learn to correct their mistakes?
By watching how you correct yours.
How do children learn to overcome their failures?
By watching how you overcome yours.
How do children learn to treat themselves with forgiveness?
By watching you forgive yourself.
William Martin
#3. Michael Brown happened to be black. Trayvon Martin happened to be black. Eric Garner was a black man. So this pattern continues over and over.
William Lacy Clay Jr.
#5. Love, in the words of the Master, is the shining commandment: LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
Wilferd Peterson
#6. If [George] Zimmerman had been arrested for domestic violence, Trayvon Martin might still be alive.
Gloria Steinem
#7. The cure for the Michael Brown, Trayvon Martin, Tamir Rice and Eric Garner tragedies is not education or exposure. It's the Gospel. So, finally, I'M ENCOURAGED because the Gospel gives mankind hope,
Benjamin Watson
#8. I can get you some stimulants if you'd like, but there's no coffee." "Right," Holden said. "No coffee. This is a terrible, terrible planet. Show me how to make everyone better.
James S.A. Corey
#9. People are transported to that space that Poe wanted to make available to us.
John Astin
#10. May God bless Trayvon Martin's soul, his family.
Bobby Rush
#11. I was determined to share my positive approach and not let diabetes stand in the way of enjoying my life.
Paula Deen
#12. Trayvon Martin could have been me 35 years ago.
Barack Obama
#13. Just remember, your mother doesn't let things happen to her. When something tries to ruin her life, she drags it into the street.
Kiera Cass
#14. Trayvon Martin, at the most, seems only to have been guilty of being himself.
Aberjhani
#15. The irony of American history is the tendency of good white Americanas to presume racial innocence. Ignorance of how we are shaped racially is the first sign of privilege.
In other words. It is a privilege to ignore the consequences of race in America.
Tim Wise
#16. Our current politics tell you that should you fall victim to such an assault and lose your body, it must somehow be your fault. Trayvon Martin's hoodie got him killed. Jordan Davis's loud music did the same.
Ta-Nehisi Coates
#17. Why would someone cut out his heart?"
Michael shrugged. "Souvenir. Sexual gratification. Dinner.
Dean Koontz
#19. If peace was really within reach wasn't it immoral to fail?
Lawrence Wright
#20. We are all entitled to make mistakes, but what separates a hero from a villain is how we learn from those mistakes. A villain will see his past as a weakness to be erased. A hero will see his past as experience, to be acknowledged and incorporated into the present.
Mitch Rowland
#21. My main message is to the parents of Trayvon Martin. You know, if I had a son, he'd look like Trayvon.
Barack Obama
#22. Yes, you agreed to this already in the car," Mark said, and frowned. "This cat is looking at me with judgment." "He's not," said Jules. "That's just his face." "You
Cassandra Clare
#23. I do not believe that Darren Wilson should've been charged, but Brown should not have lost his life. Brown and Trayvon Martin should've gotten their butts kicked badly. They should've been handled physically, but they should not have been killed.
Niger Innis
#24. In this day and age where humanity is lost by so many, can a young, black child of God be put on trial for his very own murder."
~Elissa Gabrielle
Elissa Gabrielle
#26. A newspaper may somewhat arrogantly assert that it prints "all the news that's fit to print." But no newspaper yet has been moved to declare at the end of each edition, "That's the way it is," as Walter Cronkite does.
Eugene McCarthy
#27. The fact is, in the minds of many, Trayvon Martin received the appropriate punishment for a true crime: He was black, male and dared to walk outside. In life, young Trayvon was just a teenager; in death, he has been transformed into a scary, lurking, suspicious, prone-to-violence spook.
Henry Rollins
#28. Some problems we share as women, some we do not. You fear your children will grow up to join the patriarchy and testify against you; we fear our children will be dragged from a car and shot down in the street, and you will turn your backs on the reasons they are dying.
Audre Lorde
#29. When you have incidences like the Trayvon Martin verdict, the erosion of certain fundamental rights like voting, it just reminds us that we're always one Supreme Court justice vote away from losing the progress that has been made.
Terri Sewell
#30. I think the hoodie is as much responsible for Trayvon Martin's death as George Zimmerman was.
Geraldo Rivera
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