Atticus Finch

"Those who are willing to trade their freedom for temporary security deserve neither."

"The answer to prayers is not always yes."

"Prejudice, a dirty word, and faith, a clean one, have something in common: they both ask for your trust and your imagination."

"You've got to see that it's impossible for a lady to understand a man's frame of mind."

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

"Pay attention to this, boy. You're going to hear some ugly talk before this trial is over."

"In the long run, it's better to go to bed without supper than to go to bed with a lie."

"A man does the best he can with the light he has."

"I wanted to show them that you can protest without becoming bitter."

"The truth, simple as it is, is rarely permitted to interfere with the pleasant image the world prefers."

"My father said that if I felt so strongly about it, I should do something about it."

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

"Go with whatever makes you happy, Scout."

"A time comes when a man realizes that he's no longer interested in competing."

"I wonder what it would be like if we were all required to really listen to each other."

"Everything else is the work of man."

"Being Southerners threw us into the same lesson twice."

"The question is not what will happen to Mayella, the question is what will happen to her when she gets home."

"You are the apple of my eye."

"Shame on you, letting fear and hatred determine your conduct."

"I can't do much, but I can do this."

"You have to choose to do what's right in this life."

"There are just some kind of men who've been given more than the rest of us."

"Being happy is being content with who you are."

"We're not that different, you and I."

"The least I can do on behalf of the public is to sit with him in the colored section."

"Bad is a matter of perspective sometimes."

"I wouldn't be a man if I didn't try to do what's right."

"Courage is not a man with a gun. Courage is when you know you're beat and you stand up anyway."

"One must think to be human."