Cara

“We drove around with “Proud Tobacco Farmer” stickers on our trucks till they peeled and faded along with our good health and dreams of greatness. If you’re standing on a small pile of shit, fighting for your one place to stand, God almighty how you fight.”
― Barbara Kingsolver, Demon Copperhead

“they’ll vote for politicians who openly promise to take away their health care, as long as the neighbors they see as undeserving lose their health care too.”
― Chrissy Stroop, Empty the Pews: Stories of Leaving the Church

“For many, they want absolute control of their fiefdom, so they work hard to politically intimidate their elected enemies, then do whatever they feel like. Where that is combined with seeking the maximum punishments is where one finds the worst prosecutors.”
― Dan Canon, Pleading Out: How Plea Bargaining Creates a Permanent Criminal Class

“the American legal system was designed by people in power as a tool to keep them in power at whatever cost.”
― Dan Canon, Pleading Out: How Plea Bargaining Creates a Permanent Criminal Class