The enforcement of the law cannot depend on the justice of a cause or one man's conscience. — Harold H. Greene Copy Share Image
Agitation is the marshalling of the conscience of a nation to mold its laws. — Robert Peel Copy Share Image
All men who have moved the world have been men who would stand true to their conscience. — David O. McKay Copy Share Image
Lord of myself, accountable to none, but to my conscience, and my God alone. — John Oldham Copy Share Image
Atheism, nine times out of ten, is born from the womb of a bad conscience. Disbelief is born of sin, not of… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
Delia picked at the raw sores of her conscience...Drunk or sober, Delia lived in the small town in her heart, ignoring the… — Dorothy Allison Copy Share Image
No, moral conscience is one thing, the law is another. We have to hold onto this difference. — Rocco Buttiglione Copy Share Image
The New England conscience does not stop you from doing what you shouldn't-it just stops you from enjoying it. — Cleveland Amory Copy Share Image
No provision in our Constitution ought to be dearer to man than that which protects the rights of conscience against the enterprises… — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
Mere unorthodoxy or dissent from the prevailing mores is not to be condemned. The absence of such voices would be a symptom… — Earl Warren Copy Share Image
Neither conscience nor sanity itself suggests that the United States is, should or could be the global gendarme. — Robert McNamara Copy Share Image
Writing takes a combination of sophistication and innocence; it takes conscience, our belief that something is beautiful because it is right. — Anne Lamott Copy Share Image
A theatre is not a blank page for editorial, it is not a soapbox or a Tannoy system: it is a conscience… — Andrew O'Hagan Copy Share Image
The sun is all love and murder, judgement, the perpetual raid of conscience, paratrooping light which opens like a snow-blossom in the… — Janet Frame Copy Share Image
I really wanted to retire and rest and spend more time with my children, my grandchildren and of course with my wife.… — Nelson Mandela Copy Share Image
It is curious to note that when for reasons of conscience, people refuse to kill, they are often exempted from active military… — Karl Hess Copy Share Image
Peace demands the most heroic labor and the most difficult sacrifice. It demands greater heroism than war. It demands greater fidelity to… — Thomas Merton Copy Share Image
As long as our government is administered for the good of the people, and is regulated by their will; as long as… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
If any speak ill of thee, flee home to thy own conscience, and examine thy heart: if thou be guilty, it is… — Francis Quarles Copy Share Image
Forget conventionalisms; forget what the world thinks of you stepping out of your place; think your best thoughts, speak your best words,… — Susan B. Anthony Copy Share Image
Although a person acting under authority performs actions that seem to violate standards of conscience, it would not be true to say… — Stanley Milgram Copy Share Image
It is not for us to imagine that we can prove the truth of Christianity by our own arguments; nobody can prove… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
In restating this basic Christian doctrine, Benedict argues that it is not only for Christians alone. Others may not share the Christian… — Raymond J. de Souza Copy Share Image
Some people will follow their minds without listening to their hearts, and others will follow their hearts without listening to their minds.… — Suzy Kassem Copy Share Image
As compacts, charters of government are superior in obligation to all others, because they give effect to all others. As truths, none… — James Madison Copy Share Image
“Since then your sere Majesty and your Lordships seek a simple answer, I will give it in this manner, neither horned nor… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
Very often people who live in a ghetto accept some of the stigmatisation against them. I mention the case of a Japanese… — Norbert Elias Copy Share Image
Use your health while you have it, my dear friend and brother. Do not cast away peculiar opportunities that may never come… — Robert Murray M'Cheyne Copy Share Image
Empowerment is what managers do to people. Engagement is what managers do with people. — Henry Mintzberg Copy Share Image
... conscienceless efficiency is no match for efficiency quickened by conscience. — Kelly Miller Copy Share Image
...but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. — Harper Lee Copy Share Image
“Brothers, I have lived my life before God in all good conscience up to this day.” — Paul Copy Share Image
As far as the charge against me is concerned I have a clear conscience. — Wilhelm Frick Copy Share Image
