Historical Quote by Loretta Chase

“I wondered when exactly I had exchanged my conscience for fearful obedience.”

— Glenn Beck

“He had a clear conscience. Never used it.”

— Stanisław Jerzy Lec

“Conscience, my dear, is a kind of stick that everyone picks up to thrash his neighbor with, but one he never uses against himself.”

— Honoré de Balzac

“Nothing is worth the loss of one's conscience, or the ability to do what is right.”

— Kathleen Morgan

“Let us say, his will is convinced, but not his conscience.”

— Hilary Mantel

“He felt that his mind had become a battle-ground for the forces of good and evil and that his task was to strain every…

— Lawrence Durrell

“My conscience is in rebellion against the wicked in me.”

— Zachary Koukol

“Both his voice and eyes had the burning cold of alcohol. His strength no longer lay in his military experience or his knowledge of…

— Vasily Grossman

“He perceived with dismay that the sort of frightful calm which the injustice of his misfortune had conferred upon him was giving way within…

— Victor Hugo

“But I hope you will heed this: A man who has no conscience, no goodness, does not suffer.”

— Khaled Hosseini

“Your conscience troubles you unnecessarily, and you see a deliberate intention in every simple act.”

— Baroness Emma Orczy

“ What responsibility are you avoiding... He wasn't avoiding responsibility... Though there was one thing he clung to. An excuse, perhaps, like the dead…

— Brandon Sanderson