WHY DOES ATTICUS DEFEND TOM ROBINSON QUOTE

“Atticus was standing under the streetlight looking as though nothing had happened: his vest was buttoned, his collar and tie were neatly in place, his watch-chain glistened, he was his impassive self again.”

“Atticus had used every tool available to free men to save Tom Robinson, but in the secret courts of men’s hearts Atticus had no case.”

“Atticus had once said you never really knew a man until you stood in his shoes and walked around in them.”

“Atticus had used every tool available to free men to save Tom Robinson, but in the secret courts of men’s hearts Atticus had no case.”

“Atticus never talked much about the trial, but he said he was sorry for the Jury. He did what any God-fearing, do-gooder would have done.”

“Atticus paused, breathing heavily. ‘I needed you,’ he said, ‘to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.'”

“Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to win.”

“Atticus Finch won’t win, he can’t win, but he’s the only man in these parts who can keep a jury out so long in a case like that.”

“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.” “You never really understand a person until you consider things from his point of view… until you climb inside of his skin and walk around in it.”

“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun.”

“This case, Tom Robinson’s case, is something that goes to the essence of a man’s conscience—Scout, I couldn’t go to church and worship God if I didn’t try to help that man.”

“Atticus takes a lot of punishment from folks, but it doesn’t affect him. He doesn’t retaliate. He just turns the other cheek” BELIEVE IN LOVE QUOTES

“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun.”

“Before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn’t abide by majority rule is a person’s conscience.”

“Atticus was the same in the courtroom as he was on the public streets.”

“Atticus Finch won’t win, he can’t win, but he’s the only man in these parts who can keep a jury out so long in a case like that.”

“It was times like these when I thought my father, who hated guns and had never been to any wars, was the bravest man who ever lived.”

“They’re certainly entitled to think that, and they’re entitled to full respect for their opinions… but before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself.”

“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun.”

“Courage is when you know you’re licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.”

“He would be there all night, and he would be there when Jem waked up in the morning.”

“You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don’t let ’em get your goat. Try fighting with your head for a change….it’s a good one, even if it does resist learning.”

“I wanted you to see something about her—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.”