--- title: "1 Atticus Said Quotes By Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird" description: "1 Atticus Said quotes by Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird. 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Thomas Jefferson once said that all men are created equal, a phrase that the Yankees and the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee-to-kill-a-mockingbird/one-more-thing-gentlemen-before-i-quit-thomas-jefferson-once-said/) Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird > [“I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee-to-kill-a-mockingbird/i-wanted-you-to-see-what-real-courage-is-instead-of-getting-the-idea-3/) Harper Lee To Kill a Mockingbird > [“I’ve heard that lawyers’ children, on seeing their parents in court in the heat of argument, get the wrong idea: they think opposing counsel…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee-to-kill-a-mockingbird/i-ve-heard-that-lawyers-children-on-seeing-their-parents-in-court-in/) Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird > [“The thing is, what I’m tryin‘ to say is— they do get on a lot better without me, I can’t help them any. 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"Ain't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/harper-lee-to-kill-a-mockingbird/i-don-t-care-what-you-do-so-long-as-you-do-something-said-atticus-you/) Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/atticus-said/harper-lee-to-kill-a-mockingbird/#itemlist", "name": "1 Atticus Said Quotes By Harper Lee To Kill A Mockingbird", "numberOfItems": 1, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Jem,” he said, “are you responsible for this?” “Yes sir.” “Why’d you do it?” Jem said softly, “She said you lawed for niggers and trash.” “You did this because she said that?” Jem’s lips moved, but his, “Yes sir,” was inaudible. “Son, I have no doubt that you’ve been annoyed by your contemporaries about me lawing for niggers, as you say, but to do something like this to a sick old lady is inexcusable. I strongly advise you to go down and have a talk with Mrs. Dubose,” said Atticus. “Come straight home afterward.” Jem did not move. “Go on, I said.” I followed Jem out of the livingroom. “Come back here,” Atticus said to me. I came back. Atticus picked up the Mobile Press and sat down in the rocking chair Jem had vacated. For the life of me, I did not understand how he could sit there in cold blood and read a newspaper when his only son stood an excellent chance of being murdered with a Confederate Army relic. Of course Jem antagonized me sometimes until I could kill him, but when it came down to it he was all I had. Atticus did not seem to realize this, or if he did he didn’t care. 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