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 … - Harper Lee

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.

...before I can live with other folks I’ve got to live with myself.

Talking to Francis gave me the sensation of settling slowly to the bottom of the ocean.

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.

A lady?' Jem raised his head. His face was scarlet. 'After all those things she said about you, a lady?'
'She was. She had her own views about things, a lot different from mine, maybe... son, I told you that if you hadn't lost your head I'd have made you go read to her. 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. It's when you know you're licked before you begin but you begin anyway and you see it through no matter what. You rarely win, but sometimes you do. Mrs. Dubose won, all ninety-eight pounds of her. According to her views, she died beholden to nothing and nobody. She was the bravest person I ever knew.