So it took an eight-year-old child to bring 'em to their senses.... That proves something - that a gang of wild animals can be stopped, simply because they're still human. Hmp, maybe we need a police force of children.

Sometimes the Bible in the hands of one man is worse than a whiskey bottle in the hands of another.

Where are your pants, son?

No, everybody's gotta learn, nobody's born knowin'. That Walter's as smart as he can be, he just gets held back sometimes because he has to stay out and help his daddy. Nothin's wrong with him. Naw, Jem, I think there's just one kind of folks. Folks.

You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view.

Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?

Nothing is more deadly than a deserted, waiting street.