"He’s the same in the courtroom as he is on the public streets." - P245
"Atticus says cheatin’ a colored man is ten times worse than cheatin’ a white man," I muttered. "Says it’s the worst thing you can do." - P247
To begin with, this case should never have come to trial. This case is as simple as black and white. - P249
"I have nothing but pity in my heart for the chief witness for the state, but my pity does not extend so far as to her putting a man’s life at stake, which she has done in an effort to get rid of her own guilt. - P250
But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men. There is not a person in this courtroom who has never told a lie, who has never done an immoral thing, and there is no man living who has never looked upon a woman without desire." - P252
Our courts have their faults, as does any human institution, but in this country our courts are the great levelers, and in our courts all men are created equal. - P252
"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. I am confident that you gentlemen will review without passion the evidence you have heard, come to a decision, and restore this defendant to his family. In the name of God, do your duty." - P253
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