The only thing I’m afraid of about this country is that its government will someday become so monstrous that the smallest person in it will be trampl… - Harper Lee

An' they chased him 'n' never could catch him 'cause they didn't know what he looked like, an' Atticus, when they finally saw him, why he hadn't done any of those things... Atticus, he was real nice... Most people are, Scout, when you finally see them.

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.

Bad language is a stage all children go through, and it dies with time when they learn they're not attracting attention with it.