Atticus had said it was the polite thing to talk to people about what they were interested in, not about what you were interested in.

I was born good but had grown progressively worse every year. Scout

Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

The book to read is not the one which thinks for you, but the one which makes you think. No book in the world equals the Bible for that.

I'm no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system -- that 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. A court is only as sound as its jury, and a jury is only as sound as the men who make it up.

It's not necessary to tell all you know.

I have said what I wanted to say and I will not say it again.