Conscience Quote by Henry David Thoreau

A corporation has all the powers and privileges of an individual: all it lacks is a conscience.

— Evan Esar

“I think that we should be men first, and subjects afterward. It is not desirable to cultivate a respect for the law, so much…

— Henry David Thoreau

“the law cannot respect the conscience of flesh-and-blood human beings unless it also recognizes conscience claims brought by the corporations they form.”

— John Corvino

“If a person has no conscience, it's called being a sociopath. If a corporation has no conscience, it's called capitalism.”

— Quentin R. Bufogle

Corporations aren't people. They have no brains, no consciences, no capacity for intent or guilt.

— Robert Reich

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

But no man has a monopoly of conscience.

— Mary Augusta Ward

Conscience and cowardice are really the same things. Conscience is the trade-name of the firm. That is all.

— Oscar Wilde

It might be added that corporations have no consciences, no beliefs, no feelings, no thoughts, no desires. Corporations help structure and facilitate the activities…

— John Paul Stevens

Individual consciences are fine but individual consciences have to be made manifest.

— Hillary Clinton

The conscience is the sacred haven of the liberty of man.

— Napoleon Bonaparte

Conscience is a man's compass.

— Vincent Van Gogh