Justice Flashcards
Ain’t Right
‘It ain’t right, somehow it ain’t right to do ‘em that way.’
Reasoning Process
‘So far nothing in your life has interfered with your reasoning process.’
Doubt
‘The law says “reasonable doubt”, but I think a defendant’s entitled to the shadow of a doubt. There’s always the possibility, no matter how improbable, that he’s innocent.’
Lose their Heads
‘There’s something in our world that makes men lose their heads - they couldn’t be fair if they tried.’
Resentment
‘The one place where a man ought to get a square deal is in a courtroom, be he any colour of the rainbow, but people have a way of carrying their resentments right into a jury box.’
Secret Courts
‘Atticus had used every tool available to free men to save Tom Robinson, but in the secret courts of men’s hearts Atticus had no case.’
Bury the Dead
‘There’s a black boy dead for no reason, and the man responsible for it’s dead. Let the dead bury the dead’
Mockingbird
‘they don’t do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That’s why it’s a sin to kill a mockingbird.’
Advantage
‘Tom Robinson was probably the only person who was ever decent to her. But she said he took advantage of her, and when she stood up she looked at him as if he were dirt beneath her feet.’
Evidence of Offence
‘She did something every child has done - she tried to put the evidence of her offence away from her…What was the evidence of her offence? Tom Robinson, a human being.’
Children Weep
‘They’ve done it before and they did it tonight and they’ll do it again and when they do it - seems that only children weep.’