Government is merely an attempt to express the
conscience of everybody, the average
conscience of the nation, in the rules that everybody is commanded to obey. That is all it is.
View quotes by Woodrow WilsonI submit that an individual who breaks a law that
conscience tells him is unjust, and who willingly accepts the penalty of imprisonment in order to arouse the
conscience of the community over its injustice, is in reality expressing the highest respect for the law.
View quotes by Martin Luther King JrHe that speaketh against his own reason speaks against his own
conscience, and therefore it is certain that no man serves God with a good
conscience who serves him against his reason.
View quotes by Bishop Jeremy TaylorA man's
conscience and his judgment is the same thing; and as the judgment, so also the
conscience, may be erroneous.
View quotes by Thomas HobbesPeople talk about the
conscience, but it seems to me one must just bring it up to a certain point and leave it there. You can let your
conscience alone if you're nice to the second housemaid.
View quotes by Henry James'I believe in wishes and in a person's ability to make a wish come true, I really do. And a wish is more than a wish... it's a goal that your
conscience and sub
conscience can help make reality.'
View quotes by Michael JacksonConscience is the inner voice that warns us somebody may be looking.
View quotes by Henry L Mencken'The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's
conscience.'
View quotes by Harper LeeI cannot and will not cut my
conscience to fit this year's fashions.
View quotes by Lillian HelvetiusI cannot and will not cut my
conscience to fit this year's fashions.
View quotes by Lillian HellmanI soothe my
conscience now with the thought that it is better for hard words to be on paper than that Mummy should carry them in her heart.
View quotes by Anne FrankGive me the liberty to know, to utter, and to argue freely according to
conscience, above all liberties.
View quotes by John MiltonFreedom of
conscience entails more dangers than authority and despotism.
View quotes by Michel FoucaultConscience is thoroughly well-bred and soon leaves off talking to those who do not wish to hear it.
View quotes by Samuel ButlerAvoid lawsuits beyond all things; they pervert your
conscience, impair your health, and dissipate your property.
View quotes by Jean De La BruyereModesty is the
conscience of the body.
View quotes by Honore De BalzacConscience has no more to do with gallantry than it has with politics.
View quotes by Richard Brinsley SheridanWhen freedom does not have a purpose, when it does not wish to know anything about the rule of law engraved in the hearts of men and women, when it does not listen to the voice of
conscience, it turns against humanity and society.
View quotes by Pope John Paul IIA man's moral
conscience is the curse he had to accept from the gods in order to gain from them the right to dream.
View quotes by William FaulknerThe
conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe.
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