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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.

Harper Lee
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I do my best to love everybody

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Prejudice, a dirty word, and faith, a clean one, have something in common: they both begin where reason ends.

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Real courage is when you know you're licked before you begin, but you begin anyway and see it through no matter what.

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You can't really get to know a person until you get in their shoes and walk around in them.

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

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A man can condemn his enemies, but it's wiser to know them.

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It's not necessary to tell all you know.

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The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

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