“We’re the safest folks in the world,” said Miss Maudie. “We’re so rarely called on to be Christians, but when we are, we’ve got men like Atticus to go for us.”
– Harper Lee
To Kill a Mockingbird, Chapter 22. Miss Maudie Atkinson to Jem, upset by the Tom Robinson verdict and at the lack of support by Maycomb’s citizens for his father Atticus. She appears to be saying that many people hypocritically pretend to be Christian. But it is men like Atticus – not a great churchgoer but with high moral ideals – who step forward when needed the most.