Atticus Finch

"We're making a much bigger thing out of this than we should."

"The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom."

"But there is one way in this country in which all men are created equal."

"I'm simply defending niggers, as you say."

"I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand."

"Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us to try to win."

"The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience."

"Before Jem looks at anyone else he looks at me, and I've tried to live so I can look squarely back at him."

"Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but it's a sin to kill a mockingbird."

"As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don't you forget it—whenever a white man does that to a black man, that white man is trash."

"The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience."

"Bad language is a stage all children go through and it dies with time when they learn they're not attracting attention with it."

"Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through."

"Firstly, if you can learn a simple trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks."

"You see, normally, a person wouldn't dare do anything that might get them in trouble with the law unless they were desperate."

"There's a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep 'em all away from you."

"Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win."

"There's something in our world that makes men lose their heads—they couldn't be fair if they tried."

"Scout, I'm going to tell you something and I want you to understand it."

"There is one way in this world to be liked and that is not to tell people what to do."

"I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand."

"I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand."

"Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us to try to win."

"The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience."

"You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view."

"Before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself."

"As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life."

"There's a lot of ugly things in this world, son. I wish I could keep 'em all away from you."

"I'm simply defending a Negro man."

"Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway."