If mankind minus one were of one opinion, then mankind is no more justified in silencing the one than the one - if he had the power - would be justified in silencing mankind.
You have not converted a man because you have silenced him.
The really odd thing about America is the kind of Puritan tendency that still exists for people to jump on one side of the fence or the other when it comes not only to social issues but little things as well, such as proclamation of what kind of music one is ‘into’.
Whenever I draw a circle, I immediately want to step out of it.
In every age “the good old days” were a myth. No one ever thought they were good at the time. For every age has consisted of crises that seemed intolerable to the people who lived through them.
If we had no winter, the spring would not be so pleasant: if we do not sometimes taste of adversity, prosperity would not be so welcome.
Rules and models destroy genius and art.
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. It’s when you know you’re licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what.
Book: To Kill a Mockingbird