Conscience Quotes

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I have managed not to finish certain books. With barely a twinge of conscience, I hurl down what bores me or doesn't give what I… — Lynne Sharon Schwartz
We must come to see that the end we seek is a society at peace with itself, a society that can live with its conscience. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Conscription for war is inconsistent with freedom of conscience, which is not merely the right to believe but to act on the degree of truth… — Bayard Rustin
Dr. Kingâ€™s policy was that nonviolence would achieve the gains for black people in the United States. His major assumption was that if you are… — Stokely Carmichael
Even today I am willing to volunteer to do the dirty work for Israel, to kill as many Arabs as necessary, to deport them, to… — Ariel Sharon
Both humans and dogs love to play well into adulthood, and individuals from both species occasionally display evidence of having a conscience. — Jon Winokur
It's very rarely a good career move to have a conscience. — Anthony Bourdain
The glow of satisfaction which follows the consciousness of doing our level best never comes to a human being from any other experience. — Orison Swett Marden
Shame arises from the fear of men, conscience from the fear of God. — Samuel Johnson
Did you ever expect a corporation to have a conscience, when it has no soul to be damned, and nobody to be kicked? — Edward Thurlow, 1st Baron Thurlow
I did what my conscience told me to do, and you can't fail if you do that. — Anita Hill
It is not true that democracy will always safeguard freedom of conscience better than autocracy. Witness the most famous of all trials. Pilate was, from… — Joseph A. Schumpeter
Anxiety is the beginning of conscience, which is the parent of the soul but is not compatible with innocence. — Angela Carter
God has formed us moral agents... that we may promote the happiness of those with whom He has placed us in society, by acting honestly… — Thomas Jefferson
Every man's conscience is vile and depraved / You cannot depend on it to be your guide when itâ€™s you who must keep it satisfied. — Bob Dylan
The task that has fallen to us as Americans is to move the conscience of the world, to keep alive the hope and dream of… — Ronald Reagan
And so it is to the printing press--to the recorder of mans deeds, the keeper of his conscience, the courier of his news-- that we… — John F. Kennedy
With your whole body, with your whole heart, with your whole conscience, listen to the Revolution....This is the music everyone who has ears should hear. — Alexander Blok
It is impossible to have progress without conscience — Robert Rauschenberg
As in everything else, I must start with myself. That is: in all circumstances try to be decent, just, tolerant, and understanding, and at the… — Vaclav Havel

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