It Is Sin to Kill a Mockingbird

“It is sin to kill a mockingbird…”

You never really understand a person until you consider it from his point of view…

“Atticus Finch is the same in his house as he is on the public street.”

I am simply defending a Negro—his name is Tom Robinson.

You never really understand a person until you consider it from his point of view…

“…If I didn’t I couldn’t hold my head up in town, I couldn’t represent this country in the legislature, I couldn’t even tell you or Jem not to do something again.”

I am simply defending a Negro—his name is Tom Robinson.

I wanted you to know what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his head.

You never really understand a person until you consider it from his point of view…

“Why reasonable people go stark raving mad when anything involving a Negro comes up, is something I don’t pretend to understand.”

“…If