Rubin Carter Quotes

• To live in a world where truth matters and justice, however late, really happens, that world would be heaven enough for us all.

  Rubin Carter

  Justice, Heaven, Would Be

  "Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter obituary" by Michael Carlson, www.theguardian.com. April 21, 2014.

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• You can gain reconciliation from your enemies, but you can only gain peace from yourself.

  Rubin Carter

  Enemy, Gains, Reconciliation

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• Hatred and bitterness and anger only consume the vessel that contains them. It doesn't hurt another soul.

  Rubin Carter

  Hurt, Hatred, Soul

  "Rubin 'Hurricane' Carter still fighting long after boxing days pass" by Eliott C. McLaughlin, www.cnn.com. February 26, 2011.

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• Men without dignity are like clowns without an audience, pathetic and lost

  Rubin Carter

  Men, Dignity, Clown

  Rubin Carter (2011). “The Sixteenth Round: From Number 1 Contender to Number 45472”, p.142, Chicago Review Press

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• Bitterness only consumes the vessel that contains it.

  Rubin Carter

  Bitterness, Vessel

  Rubin Hurricane Carter, Ken Klonsky (2011). “Eye of the Hurricane: My Path from Darkness to Freedom”, p.93, Chicago Review Press

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• The strategies of offense and defense are very similar between chess and football. Chess really brought closeness to the team back in those days.

  Rubin Carter

  Sports, Football, Team

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