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

— Harper Lee, book To Kill a Mockingbird

Source: To Kill a Mockingbird

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American author 1926–2016

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

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