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Harper Lee Quotes

Harper Lee quotes about men

American Novelist, Writer April 28, 1926

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As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you something and don't you forget it - whenever a white man does that to a black man, no matter who he is, how rich he is, or how fine a family he comes from, he is trash. Harper Lee
So far nothing in your life has interfered with your reasoning process. Those are twelve reasonable men in everyday life, Tom’s jury, but you saw something come between them and reason. You saw the same thing that night in front of the jail. When that crew went away, they didn’t go as reasonable men, they went because we were there. There’s something in our world that makes men lose their heads—they couldn’t be fair if they tried. In our courts, when it’s a white man’s word against a black... Harper Lee
Some negroes lie, some are immoral, some negro men are not be trusted around women - black and white. But this is a truth that applies to the human race and to no particular race of men. Harper Lee
Somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer's day; bony mules hitched to Hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. Men's stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. Ladies bathed before noon, after their three o'clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum. Harper Lee
Maycomb was a tired old town, even in 1932 when I first knew it. Somehow, it was hotter then. Men's stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. Ladies bathed before noon after their three o'clock naps. And by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frosting from sweating and sweet talcum. The day was twenty-four hours long, but it seemed longer. There's no hurry, for there's nowhere to go and nothing to buy...and no money to buy it with. Harper Lee
There are some kind of men - men who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learned to live in this one, and you can look down the street and see the results. Harper Lee
We know all men are not created equal in the sense some people are smarter than others, some people have more opportunity because they're born with it, some men make more money than others, some ladies make better cakes than others - some people are born gifted beyond the normal scope of most men. Harper Lee
Harper Lee quote: "There are some men in this world who are born to do our..."
There are some men in this world who are born to do our unpleasant jobs for us. Your father's one of them. Harper Lee
There's just some kind of men you have to shoot before you can say hidy to 'em. Even then, they ain't worth the bullet it takes to shoot 'em. Harper Lee
We're the safest folks in the world," said Miss Maudie. "We're so rarely called on to be Christians, but when we are, we've got men like Atticus to go for us. Harper Lee
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. Harper Lee
(…) But there is one way in this country in which all men are created equal (…) that institution, gentlemen, is a court. It can be the Supreme Court or the United States or the humblest J.P. court in the land, or this honorable court which you serve. Out 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 Harper Lee
Harper Lee quote: "We’re so rarely called on to be Christians, but when we are,..."
We’re so rarely called on to be Christians, but when we are, we’ve got men like Atticus to go for us. Harper Lee
Harper Lee quote: "There’s something in our world that makes men lose their..."
There’s something in our world that makes men lose their heads—they couldn’t be fair if they tried. Harper Lee

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