Atticus Finch

"In the face of overwhelming odds, one voice can still matter."

"To stand alone is difficult; to stand alone for what is right is noble."

"The difference between a good person and a great one is persistence."

"Memory is often kinder than reality, but truth is what matters."

"A home is built on honesty, not on comfortable lies."

"The law reflects the conscience of a community; we are all responsible."

"Youth contains both the greatest hope and the deepest despair."

"To judge another without knowing their circumstances is cruelty disguised as morality."

"The seeds we plant today grow into the world tomorrow."

"Humility is the foundation upon which all other virtues are built."

"A question asked with genuine curiosity opens paths to understanding."

"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 not to win."

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

"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."

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

"When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness' sake."

"I'm simply defending the rights of the accused as best I can."

"The simple hell-truth, as I see it, is the fact that our courts have never been great levelers."

"We're the same folks we've always been, Scout. We just need to be reminded sometimes."

"Atticus was right. One time he said you never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view."

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

"I'm going to win this case, Scout. I don't know how, but I will."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but the conviction that something else is more important than fear."

"Whatever happens in court, we are still a family."

"The greatest pleasure of my life has been the honor of knowing you and having you as my children."

"We are not making fun of anybody. We're just trying to live decent."

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

"If you just learn a single trick, Scout, you'll get along a lot better with all kinds of folks."