#conscience

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death. ↗

— Leonardo da Vinci

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No, we are not the master of the state, said King. We are not the servant of the state. We are the conscience of the state. The churches or the religious community should be, I think, the conscience of the state. We're not just service providers. ↗

— Jim Wallis

#community #conscience #i #i think #just

Finally we are a nation with some conscience. It means alliances are extremely important when they're based on a national interest. We have to have the ability to sustain our presence within those alliances. ↗

— Malcolm Wallop

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Above all we should not forget that government is an evil, a usurpation upon the private judgement and individual conscience of mankind. ↗

— William Godwin

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Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse. ↗

— Oliver Goldsmith

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In matters of conscience, first thoughts are best. In matters of prudence, last thoughts are best. ↗

— Robert Hall

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There is just as much evil in all of us as there is good. We're all continuously guilty, even if we're not doing it intentionally to be evil. Here we are sitting in luxury hotels, living it up on the the backs of others in the third world. We all have a guilty conscience, but we do very little about it. ↗

— Michael Haneke

#backs #conscience #continuously #doing #even

Conscience is the authentic voice of God to you. ↗

— Rutherford B. Hayes

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That's how most of us would feel. But the sport has a few deviants without consciences. ↗

— Joe Henderson

#feel #few #how #most #us

Conscience is the window of our spirit, evil is the curtain. ↗

— Douglas Horton

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