Whatever tumults and strifes await God's witnesses, it remains clear that the doctrine of persecution for the sake of conscience is most… — Roger Williams Copy Share Image
In the West, people don't have any real problems. It's all based on bad conscience, a very Christian notion. I don't have… — Marjane Satrapi Copy Share Image
Even today we raise our hand against our brother... We have perfected our weapons, our conscience has fallen asleep, and we have… — Pope Francis Copy Share Image
We have made, and still are making, enormous advances on material lines. It is necessary that we commensurately advance on moral lines.… — Henry George Copy Share Image
Villains with a conscience have this sad realization of who they are, and the monster they've become — there's a sense of… — Thomas Haden Church Copy Share Image
New York is the city of privilege. Here is the seat of the Invisible Power represented by the allied forces of finance… — William Jennings Bryan Copy Share Image
And lo and behold, people were amazed: Washington was amazed. The country was amazed. And I was amazed that everybody was amazed.… — Senator John Kerry Copy Share Image
Examine your own hearts. Do you see there any habit or custom which you know is wrong in the sight of God?… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
The path of duty I clearly trace, / I stand with conscience face to face, / And all her pleas allow; /… — Alice Cary Copy Share Image
Politically it's easy to salve one's conscience, no matter that salving it rarely makes the problem go away. You join the Labour… — Howard Jacobson Copy Share Image
By liberty of conscience, we understand not only a mere liberty of the mind, in believing or disbelieving this or that principle… — William Penn Copy Share Image
The conviction of tragedy that rises out of his [John Dos Passos's] work is the steady protest of a sensitive democratic conscience… — Alfred Kazin Copy Share Image
There were many ways of not burdening one's conscience, of shunning responsibility, looking away, keeping mum. When the unspeakable truth of the… — Richard von Weizsaecker Copy Share Image
“Major, I do not know why God does the things He does, but I believe you have the same duty to God… — Jeff Shaara Copy Share Image
Oh, come, Divine Physician, and bind up every broken bone. Come with Thy sacred nard which Thou hast compounded of Thine own… — Charles Spurgeon Copy Share Image
The conscience of America seems to be paralyzed... We seem to be insensible to the things that are now taking place on… — Billy Graham Copy Share Image
If I am to serve as an instrument of deceit, at least let it be with a clear conscience. I do not… — Michel de Montaigne Copy Share Image
All I have to do is keep my spirit, feelings and conscience like a sheet of blank paper, and let the Spirit… — Brigham Young Copy Share Image
Freedom of conscience, of education, of speech, of assembly are among the very fundamentals of democracy and all of them would be… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Not all the blood of beasts On Jewish altars slain, Could give the guilty conscience peace, Or wash away the stain: But… — Isaac Watts Copy Share Image
I will stand on, and continue to use, the figures I have used, because I believe they are correct. Now, I'm not… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
I think there is some resistance when people talk about ethical fashion, and a tendency to panic that if you're bringing a… — Erin O'Connor Copy Share Image
Capitalism does not permit an even flow of economic resources. With this system, a small privileged few are rich beyond conscience, and… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
Mental health depends upon the maintenance of a balance within the personality between the basic human urges and egocentric wisheson the one… — Selma Fraiberg Copy Share Image
Sometimes a woman's love of being loved gets the better of her conscience, and though she is agonized at the thought of… — Thomas Hardy Copy Share Image
Abraham Lincoln had a deep realism; he did not deceive or mislead himself, but faced the world he had to deal with… — William Lee Miller Copy Share Image
“My conscience holds with the majority, which makes me know it does not speak false. “Against Henry’s kingdom, I have all the… — Hilary Mantel Copy Share Image
But I think I can sincerely declare that I cheerfully submit myself to every odious name for conscience' sake; and from my… — James Otis Copy Share Image
I fully subscribe to the judgement of those writers who maintain that of all the differences between man and the lower animal,… — Charles Darwin Copy Share Image
While we are contending for our own liberty, we should be very cautious not to violate the conscience of others, ever considering… — George Washington Copy Share Image
Conscience is the inner beauty.Let your conscience be your guide.Your conscience make you to live by choice, not by chance, to be… — DrAnil Kr Sinha Copy Share Image
Now I come to 75 years of age, I think what's most important in life is your conscience. If you told a… — Mstislav Rostropovich Copy Share Image
What people most need now is to apply their conversion skills to those things that are essential for their survival. They need… — Norman Cousins Copy Share Image
“A friend once told me 'The body has nay conscience.' I dinna ken that that's entirely so-but it is true that the… — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
Ah, children, pity level-crossing keepers, pity lock-keepers - pity lighthouse-keepers - pity all the keepers of this world (pity even school teachers),… — Graham Swift Copy Share Image
“When spontaneous demoralizing thoughts seep into your conscience, don't trip...allowing them to fester. These are random tests of your conviction and determination.… — T.F. Hodge Copy Share Image
Man was born into barbarism when killing his fellow man was a normal condition of existence. He became endowed with a conscience.… — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
The way you get leaders to care about issues of conscience is to apply political pressure. It's less a question of persuading… — Nicholas D. Kristof Copy Share Image
Every man, however good he may be, has a yet better man dwelling in him, which is properly himself, but to whom… — Wilhelm von Humboldt Copy Share Image
The longer men sin, the more easily they can; for every act of transgression weakens conscience, stupefies intellect, hardens hearts, adds force… — Edward Thomson Copy Share Image