Jurors should acquit, even against the judge's instruction . . . if exercising their judgment with discretion and honesty they have a… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“If we don't fight for what we 'stand for' with our passionate words and honest actions, do we really 'stand' for anything?” — Tiffany Madison Copy Share Image
“A lot of people are capable, Neelkanth. What makes a capable person truly dangerous is his conviction.” — Amish Tripathi Copy Share Image
And I like the way Cain writes his women. Very strong. They're kind of lusty, they know what they want, they're full… — Pia Zadora Copy Share Image
Conviction of sin draws me away from myself and toward GodSelf-condemnation, on the other hand, draws me down into myself and away… — Elyse Fitzpatrick Copy Share Image
But as a heathen tells us, there is no nation so barbarous, no race so brutish as not to be imbued with… — John Calvin Copy Share Image
It is well known to all experienced minds that our firmest convictions are often dependent on subtle impressions for which words are… — George Eliot Copy Share Image
I've always had this deep-down conviction that I'm not like everybody else, and there's an amazingly exciting new life waiting for me… — Sophie Kinsella Copy Share Image
Beware of being obsessed with consistency to your own convictions instead of being devoted to God. The important consistency in a saint… — Oswald Chambers Copy Share Image
That is what I have always understood to be the essence of anarchism: the conviction that the burden of proof has to… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The fanatic has the courage of his conviction and the intolerance of his courage. He is opposed to the death penalty for… — Thomas Bailey Aldrich Copy Share Image
In less than eight years "The Origin of Species" has produced conviction in the minds of a majority of the most eminent… — Alfred Russel Wallace Copy Share Image
“It came with a stirring of the conviction that was never to leave her: that human being, whatever his color or creed… — Margaret Landon Copy Share Image
It is my personal conviction that almost any one of the newborn states of the world would far rather embrace Communism or… — Dwight D. Eisenhower Copy Share Image
If George W. Bush really has the courage of his convictions the United States very soon will either wind up dominating the… — Lyn Nofziger Copy Share Image
Penance is the willingness to undergo hardships for the achievement of a good purpose. I was willing. But when hardships came I… — Peace Pilgrim Copy Share Image
Even despots accept the excellence of liberty. The simple truth is that they wish to keep it for themselves and promote the… — Alexis de Tocqueville Copy Share Image
Richard Nixon has never been one of my favorite people anyway. For years I've regarded his existence as a monument to all… — Hunter S. Thompson Copy Share Image
There is no formula for generating the authentic warmth of love. It cannot be copied. You cannot talk yourself into it or… — Alan Watts Copy Share Image
As for types like my own, obscurely motivated by the conviction that our existence was worthless if we didn't make a turning… — Saul Bellow Copy Share Image
To have Christian hope means to know about evil and yet to go to meet the future with confidence. The core of… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
To-morrow is that lamp upon the marsh, which a traveller never reacheth; To-morrow, the rainbow's cup, coveted prize of ignorance; To-morrow, the… — Martin Farquhar Tupper Copy Share Image
The human mind feels restless and dissatisfied under the anxieties of ignorance. It longs for the repose of conviction; and to gain… — Thomas Chalmers Copy Share Image
I demand that the world be good, and lo, it obeys. I proclaim the world good, and facts range themselves to prove… — Helen Keller Copy Share Image
Personal religious convictions have no place in political campaigns or in dictating public policy. — Geraldine Ferraro Copy Share Image
Words should be employed as the means, not the end; language is the instrument, conviction is the work. — Joshua Reynolds Copy Share Image
Joy begins with our convictions about spiritual truths we're willing to bet our lives on, and truths that are lodged so deeply… — Kay Warren Copy Share Image
Man has his being in truth--if he sacrifices truth he sacrifices himself. Whoever betrays truth betrays himself. It is not a question… — Novalis Copy Share Image
Not one of them who took up in his youth with this opinion that there are no gods ever continued until old… — Plato Copy Share Image
No one church has all the answers or the perfect map to the Promised Land, and I prefer to work out my… — Charley Pride Copy Share Image
If I have the belief that I can do it, I shall surely acquire the capacity to do it even if I… — Mahatma Gandhi Copy Share Image
Every [person] of humane convictions must decide on the protest that best suits [his or her] convictions, but we must all protest. — Martin Luther King, Jr Copy Share Image
You can trust the Bible. You will never be a great Christian until you come to the unshakable conviction that the Bible… — Adrian Rogers Copy Share Image
For some time now she has had the conviction that life is about to change if only because it must. . . . — David Nicholls Copy Share Image
To realize the relative validity of one's convictions and yet stand for them unflinchingly is what distinguishes a civilized man from a… — Joseph A. Schumpeter Copy Share Image
It is my conviction that highways and I-ways have similar importance these days. My effort is to connect all 600,000 villages with… — Narendra Modi Copy Share Image
Everything in this world can be robbed and stolen, except one thing; this one thing is the love that emanates from a… — Ghassan Kanafani Copy Share Image
We don't do ambivalence well in America. We do courage of our convictions. We do might makes right. Ambivalence is French. Certainty… — Anna Quindlen Copy Share Image
The central function of imaginative literature is to make you realize that other people act on moral convictions different from your own. — William Empson Copy Share Image
I never overcame my conviction that writing for commercial television was a kind of prostitution. — Helene Hanff Copy Share Image