Atticus Finch

"We are all God's children. It makes us ought to love one another."

"Courage is not a man with a gun in his hand. Courage is when you know you are licked and you begin anyway."

"The simple hell of it is that we're licked before we start."

"Jem, when summer comes you'll have to keep your head about trifles."

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

"There is not a person in this courtroom who has never told a lie."

"So it takes a man to stand up for what he believes."

"I'm just a man. But I believe in this country and the rights given to every man."

"One can understand people better in the quiet of the early morning."

"Every lawyer worth his salt knows that the law is flexible and uncertain."

"I simply want to tell you that I'm mighty glad to be your child's father."

"The state has not produced one iota of medical evidence to the contrary."

"I wanted to show you what real courage is instead of getting the idea."

"My father is one of the few men of unprejudiced ideals in this county."

"It's quite simple. Some Negroes lie, some Negroes are immoral, some Negro men are not to be trusted around women."

"The truth is simple, and the truth is single. There is something missing in my life and I'm going to find it."

"I'm simply defending the rights of man."

"Every person has a right to their beliefs and to their conscience."

"I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks."

"In our courts all men are created equal."

"It's a sin to kill a mockingbird."

"The fact of being a woman and having to keep quiet."

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

"I would rather you shot at tin cans in the backyard."

"Simply because we were licked does not mean we have to keep groveling."

"Atticus don't ever do anything to Jem and Scout except love them."

"The law in its majesty allows the defendant the privilege of the last word."

"This case has nothing to do with simple assault."

"Scout, I could have made it easier for us all if I had just said that, but I wouldn't have been able to live with myself."

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