"Folks
dont like to have somebody around knowin more than they do. It aggravates €˜em. Youre not gonna
change any of them by talkin right, theyve got to want to learn themselves, and when they dont
want to learn theres nothing you can do but keep your mouth shut or talk their language." -
Calpurnia
"As you grow older, youll see white men cheat black men every
day of your life, but let me tell you something and dont you forget itwhenever a white man does
that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from,
that white man is trash." -
"Mr Finch, if you was a nigger like me,
you'd be scared, too." - Tom Robinson
"I ain't touched her, Link
Deas, and I ain't about to to go with no nigger!" - Mr Ewell
", how
can you hate Hitler so bad an' then turn around and be ugly about folks right here at home
-?" -
"The handful of people in this town who say that fair play is
not marked White Only; the handful of people who say a fair trial is for everybody, not just
us..." - Miss Maudie
"Im no idealist to believe firmly in the
integrity of our courts and in the jury systemthat is no ideal to me, it is a living, working
reality. Gentlemen, a court is no better than each man of you sitting before me on this
jury...." - Atticus
"The one thing that does not abide by majority
rule is a person's conscience." - Atticus
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