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The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

Harper Lee

To Kill a Mockingbird · 1960

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Conscience Personal integrity

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1960

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Harper Lee

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Lee, Harper. To Kill a Mockingbird. J. B. Lippincott & Co., 1960, ch. 11.

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