Conscience Quotes

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The conscience is the sacred haven of the liberty of man. — Napoleon Bonaparte
The hungry world cannot be fed until and unless the growth of its resources and the growth of its population come into balance. Each man… — Lyndon B. Johnson
For most of the wild things on earth, the future must depend on the conscience of mankind. — Archie Carr
Peace is normally a great good, and normally it coincides with righteousness, but it is righteousness and not peace which should bind the conscience of… — Theodore Roosevelt
There is no class of people so hard to manage in a state, as those whose intentions are honest, but whose consciences are bewitched. — Napoleon Bonaparte
I don't think you can make a lawyer honest by an act of legislature. You've got to work on his conscience. And his lack of… — Will Rogers
To discriminate against a thoroughly upright citizen because he belongs to some particular church, or because, like Abraham Lincoln, he has not avowed his allegiance… — Theodore Roosevelt
The highest court is in the end one's own conscience and conviction-that goes for you and for Einstein and every other physicist-and before any science… — Max Planck
Expose yourself to the best things humans have done and then try to bring those things into what you are doing. — Steve Jobs
A conscience is like a boat or a car. If you feel you need one, rent it. — Unknown Author
I am considering two things on a daily basis: what is right to do and what is wrong to do in my role as President… — Boris Trajkovski
Of the whole public not a handful can understand the artist's point of view or the writer's conscience. — Maxwell Perkins
Belshazzar had a letter,-- He never had but one; Belshazzar's correspondence Concluded and begun In that immortal copy The conscience of us all Can read… — Emily Dickinson
All our liberties are due to men who, when their conscience has compelled them, have broken the laws of the land. — William Kingdon Clifford
It is imperative that preachers of today learn how to declare the spritual law of God; for, until we learn how to wound consciences, we… — Walter J Chantry
The conscience of this nation is the Constitution. — William O. Douglas
I go to bed with a clear conscience. I sleep great. I know I did my best. — Alistair Overeem
Nonviolence is a powerful as well as a just weapon. If you confront a man who has long been cruelly misusing you, and say, "Punish… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Segregation, as even the segregationists know in their hearts, is morally wrong and sinful. If it weren't, the white South would not be haunted as… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
When a nation becomes obsessed with the guns of war, it loses its social perspective.... There is something about a war like this that makes… — Martin Luther King, Jr.

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