We have in this country a federal government that increasingly is engaged in trying to determine which business, which regions, which industries will succeed, which will not through a whole range of economic development, regional development corporate subsidization programs.


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Helpless, unknown, and unremembered, most human beings, however sensitive, idealistic, intelligent, ...
RALPH HARPER
I'm no idealist to believe firmly in the integrity of our courts and in the jury system -- that is n...
HARPER LEE
As you grow older, you'll see white men cheat black men every day of your life, but let me tell you ...
HARPER LEE
Folks don't like to have somebody around knowing more than they do. It aggravates em. You're not gon...
HARPER LEE
Shoot all the bluejays you want, if you can hit 'em, but remember it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.
HARPER LEE
It's not time to worry yet
HARPER LEE
There are just some kind of men who-who're so busy worrying about the next world they've never learn...
HARPER LEE
Things are always better in the morning.
HARPER LEE
Pass the damn ham, please.
HARPER LEE
You can choose your friends but you sho' can't choose your family, an' they're still kin to you no m...
HARPER LEE
Neighbors bring food with death and flowers with sickness and little things in between. Boo was our ...
HARPER LEE
I was born good but had grown progressively worse every year.
Scout
HARPER LEE
We're paying the highest tribute you can pay a man. We trust him to do right. It's that simple.
HARPER LEE
If there's just one kind of folks, why can't they get along with each other? If they're all alike, w...
HARPER LEE
Simply because we were licked a hundred years before we started is no reason for us not to try to wi...
HARPER LEE
When a child asks you something, answer him, for goodness sake. But don't make a production of it. C...
HARPER LEE
It’s never an insult to be called what somebody thinks is a bad name. It just shows you how poor t...
HARPER LEE
You just hold your head high and keep those fists down. No matter what anybody says to you, don't yo...
HARPER LEE
With him, life was routine; without him, life was unbearable.
HARPER LEE
Mockingbirds don’t do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don’t eat up people’s gar...
HARPER LEE
People in their right minds never take pride in their talents.
HARPER LEE
Atticus said to Jem one day, "I’d rather you shot at tin cans in the backyard, but I know you’ll...
HARPER LEE
Atticus told me to delete the adjectives and I'd have the facts.
HARPER LEE
People generally see what they look for, and hear what they listen for.
HARPER LEE