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.
HARPER LEEThe one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any color of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box.
More Harper Lee Quotes
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I do my best to love everybody.
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I think there’s just one kind of folks. Folks.
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I do much of my creative thinking while golfing. If people know you’re working at home they think nothing of walking in for a cup of coffee, but wouldn’t dream of interrupting on the golf course.
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Ladies pick funny things to be proud of.
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I would advise anyone who aspires to a writing career that before developing his talent he would be wise to develop a thick hide.
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With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable.
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People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.
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I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.
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Are you proud of yourself tonight that you have insulted a total stranger whose circumstances you know nothing about?
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But before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself.
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But sometimes we have to make the best of things, and the way we conduct ourselves when the chips are down.
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It’s better to be silent than to be a fool.
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You can choose your friends but you sho’ can’t choose your family, an’ they’re still kin to you no matter whether you acknowledge ’em or not, and it makes you look right silly when you don’t.
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People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.
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When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness sake. But don’t make a production of it. Children are children, but they can spot an evasion faster than adults, and evasion simply muddles ’em.
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