Sometimes it’s better to bend the law a little in special cases. In your case, the law remains rigid. So to school you must go.
The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.
During his first five years in Maycomb, Atticus practiced economy more than anything; for several years thereafter he invested his earnings in his brother’s education.
I despise you and everything you stand for.
That was the one thing that made me think, well, this may be the shadow of a beginning. That jury took a few hours. An inevitable verdict, maybe, but usually it takes ‘em just a few minutes.
The only remedy for this is not to let it beat you.
Those are twelve reasonable men in everyday life, Tom’s jury, but you saw something come between them and reason. You saw the same thing that night in front of the jail. When that crew went away, they didn’t go as reasonable men, they went because we were there. There’s something in our world that makes men lose their heads – they couldn’t be fair if they tried.
As you say, Jean Louise, there’s only one thing higher than the Court in this country, and that’s the Constitution.
Jem, see if you can stand in Bob Ewell’s shoes a minute. I destroyed his last shred of credibility at that trial, if he had any to begin with. The man had to have some kind of comeback, his kind always does. So if spitting in my face and threatening me saved Mayella Ewell one extra beating, that’s something I’ll gladly take.
He turned out the light and went into Jem’s room. He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.
Scout, simply by the nature of the work, every lawyer gets at least one case in his lifetime that affects him personally. This one’s mine, I guess. You might hear some ugly talk about it at school, but do one thing for me if you will: you just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don’t you let ‘em get your goat.
Oh! How nice to see someone so … undisturbed by … REALITY.