Conscience Quotes

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There is a guilty conscience behind every brazen word and act and behind every manifestation of self-righteousness. — Eric Hoffer
I believe America is the most powerful country in the world and is a country that stands on principle. Its principles are enshrined in its… — Abdullah of Saudi Arabia
Some lessons take years to learn, with repeated exposure to the same path sometimes shadowed by the inner conscience of own souls. But eventually we… — Matthew Underwood
War is wrong. Conscription for war is inconsistent with freedom of conscience, which is not merely the right to believe but to act on the… — Bayard Rustin
The Natural Law which God has written into our beings cannot be entirely eradicated, but it can be gravely deformed, leading to distortion of consciousness… — Michael O'Brien
My conscience does not permit me to run for the presidency or any other official position unless it is within a democratic framework. — Mohamed ElBaradei
Before the sacred, people lose all sense of power and all confidence; they occupy a powerless and humble attitude toward it. And yet no thing… — Max Stirner
The literary depiction of life and its moral dilemmas compel us to use our conscience, to make those infallible distinctions between right and wrong. — F. Sionil Jose
A good film demands its own score, and if you are a musician, your conscience will never allow you to do something mediocre for a… — A. R. Rahman
I am well aware that there are prisoners of conscience in the Soviet Union, including some who have said they have chosen to resist the… — Billy Graham
Mr. Mijanovi and those associated with him are the hope and the conscience of the Yugoslav revolution. — Noam Chomsky
The best people to provide valuable information about any society are the children of that society who belong to its culture and are part of… — Wadah Khanfar
At times, morality can be dismissed as a matter of personal conscience, no matter how widespread its acceptance. Ethics, on the other hand, arises from… — Sherwin B. Nuland
There is a high bar for something to be considered a human right. Loosely put, it must be among the things we as humans need… — Vint Cerf
Revolutions are of no us;, it is necessary to work on transforming the brain: on sowing a different knowledge/awareness, on creating a new conscience, that… — Alejandro Jodorowsky
As a prisoner of conscience committed to peaceful transition to democracy, I urge Europe to apply economic sanctions against Ethiopia. What short-term pain may result… — Eskinder Nega
If I do not respond to some situation, my conscience kills me. I believe in permissible violence, not necessarily non-violence. — Pawan Kalyan
Clever modern man is so witless that he thinks moral silence and empty conscience are an advantage. — Michael Leunig
In a lot of ways, civil rights division is the conscience of the Justice Department. You can almost measure what kind of Justice Department you… — Eric Holder
I shall produce nothing that will offend the proprieties, whether applied to children or grownups. My pictures are turned out with clean hands and, therefore,… — Fatty Arbuckle

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