Bryan Stevenson

It's about valuing mercy as a way to recover from harm and hardship.

And I'm persuaded that a more just world is a more beautiful world.

A more just world is a world with less conflict and division and strife.

It's a world with more love.

And so my work is really about trying to increase the justice quotient in our nation.

and have everybody experience the beauty of justice.

What does that mean to you?

Like, what does the word justice mean?

I think justice is a constant struggle.

It's not a destination.

It's not a fixed place.

It's the way we navigate the inevitable conflicts and divisions that come in a world where there's a hierarchy of power.

Some people have less power than other people.

And

When people who have less power are harmed or victimized or mistreated, it's hard for them sometimes to have recovery for that.

And that's injustice.

And for people who have more power, it's important to appreciate the power you have and the obligation you have to use that power to make sure other people aren't being harmed anymore than is necessary.

And so for me, justice is this navigation of how we move through the world.

when there's difference, when there's not equality, and how we recover from harm and wrongdoing and abuse.

It's something that I think essentially is the constant struggle we have to commit to, just like a relationship.