#conscience

'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death. ↗

— Thomas Paine

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When 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. ↗

— Pope John Paul II

#against #anything #conscience #does #engraved

Agitation is the marshalling of the conscience of a nation to mold its laws. ↗

— Robert Peel

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In many walks of life, a conscience is a more expensive encumbrance than a wife or a carriage. ↗

— Thomas de Quincey

#conscience #expensive #life #many #more

I cannot in good conscience vote for final passage of legislation that would pave the way to open the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge to oil drilling. ↗

— Jim Ramstad

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Health food may be good for the conscience but Oreos taste a hell of a lot better. ↗

— Robert Redford

#better #conscience #good #health #hell

Religious liberty is the first freedom in our Constitution. And whether the cause is justice for the persecuted, compassion for the needy and the sick, or mercy for the child waiting to be born, there is no greater force for good in the nation than Christian conscience in action. ↗

— Mitt Romney

#born #cause #child #christian #compassion

Public opinion is a second conscience. ↗

— William R. Alger

#opinion #public #public opinion #second

We took this challenge before our Lord and our conscience, and it must be done, because this man, Hitler, he is the ultimate evil. ↗

— Claus von Stauffenberg

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The human voice can never reach the distance that is covered by the still small voice of conscience. ↗

— Mahatma Gandhi

#covered #distance #human #human voice #never