Conscience Quotes

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I do not want any patronage, as I do not give any. I am a lover of my own liberty, and so I would do… — Mahatma Gandhi
Civil government cannot let any group ride roughshod over others simply because their consciences tell them to do so. — Robert H. Jackson
At some point in this death-penalty debate, the sanctity of innocent life demands that men and women of conservative conscience have to say: Enough. — Rod Dreher
There is a way by which persons can keep their consciences clear before God and man, and that is to preserve within them the spirit… — Lorenzo Snow
I cannot in all conscience agree to anyone being sent to the gallows. God alone can take life because He alone gives it . .… — Mahatma Gandhi
I have examined the death penalty under each of its two aspects: as a direct action, and as an indirect one. What does it come… — Victor Hugo
Conscience whispers, but interest screams aloud. — Jean Antoine Petit-Senn
Since the time of the ancient Greeks a democracy has depended on its philosophers and creative artists. It can only flourish by continuous probing, prodding,… — Uta Hagen
We should not give up and say that the situation is hopeless. There is still our conscience, there is still the memory of the victims… — Lidia Yusupova
I read American sagas (of the west) and I do not see people who went in search of material things. I see people who wrote… — Alan Keyes
What may be the significance of so many forms of "spirituality" on this planet that are antagonistic to "life" - and Christianity at the head… — Kenny Smith
Catholicism is the tomb of intelligence, of thought, of brain; Protestantism, the tomb of conscience, of feeling, of heart. — Louis Auguste Blanqui
Brothers, you came from our own people. You are killing your own brothers. Any human order to kill must be subordinate to the law of… — Oscar Romero
Nothing is more powerful than individuals acting out of their own conscience. — Vaclav Havel
In the end, it is conscience that will have the last word, stronger than all strategies, all ideologies and also all religions.... Peace is still… — Roger Etchegaray
The more administrative machinery we construct, be it the most modern, the less place there is for the Spirit, the less place there is for… — Pope Benedict XVI
In this oasis of quiet, before the wonderful spectacle of nature, one easily experiences how profitable silence is, a good that today is ever more… — Pope John Paul II
Which direction do we take? The one prompted by the passions or the one indicated by the star which shines in your conscience? The Magi… — Pope Benedict XVI
You made us for yourself, Lord, and our heart is restless until it rests in you. In this creative restlessness beats and pulsates what is… — Pope John Paul II
Honestly this is not going to change unless the people who want to prevent these kinds of mass shootings from taking place feel at least… — Barack Obama

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