Atticus Finch

"The problem with Maycomb is, the people there are just now beginning to learn they've got to adopt policy, now."

"Common sense is something this fellow didn't have, not even one iota."

"This is their home, we're in their world."

"I wanted you to see what real courage is."

"The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box."

"I'm simply defending niggers."

"Every jury gets a chance to supercede judges."

"That boy is your company."

"You know something, Miss Jean Louise, there's a lot of ugly things in this world."

"It's never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is."

"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."

"Mrs. Dubose is the bravest person I ever knew."

"Courage is not a man with a gun in his hand. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway."

"I go along with folks until I can't anymore."

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

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

"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."

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

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

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

"You can choose your friends but you sho' can't choose your family."

"That boy is your company now."

"I'm simply defending a Negro man."

"Bad language is a stage all children go through."

"You just hold your head high and keep those fists down."

"It's never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor that person is."

"This is their home, we're just passing through."