Quotes About Conscience

Others are not born bad or good... and neither are people, by the way.

I realize that I cannot stand by silently as my government executes its citizens. If I do not speak out and resist, I am an accomplice.

If you act in the name of conscience you are stronger than any government in the world.

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

I sincerely believe that I have served a criminal. I led my soldiers in good conscience... but for a criminal government.

The rights of conscience, of bearing arms, of changing the government, are declared to be inherent in the people.

We cannot abdicate our conscience to an organization, nor to a government.

We must never violate principles. We must never initiate violence. And we should never harm the innocent. But at some point, unless governments back off, we have to stop being nice.

The size of the federal budget is not an appropriate barometer of social conscience or charitable concern.

I'd shrink government in a minute, if I could shrink GM, Bank of America, and all these immoral corporations that operate by an undemocratic code, with no soul and no conscience.

Doing what's right isn't the problem. It's knowing what's right.

I've often thought that my scruples about stealing books were the only thing that stood in the way of my being a really great scholar.

It makes a great deal of difference whether one wills not to sin or has not the knowledge to sin.

Holy Spirit convicts us when we do something wrong, He guides us back to the right path

Sometimes all you need is one person with a guilty conscience to come forward and do the right thing. Often, the miracle you need resides inside of yourself, when you humbly ask for forgiveness.

I cannot and will not cut my conscience to fit this year's fashions.

Liberty is liberty, not equality or fairness or justice or human happiness or a quiet conscience.

Driven from every other corner of the earth, freedom of thought and the right of private judgment in matters of conscience direct their course to this happy country as their last asylum.

What has human happiness to do with morals? The object of morals is not to make people happy.

The first and indispensable requisite of happiness is a clear conscience.

Conscience represents a fetich to which good people sacrifice their own happiness, bad people their neighbors'.

Sin is the preclusion of self-worth.

A comfortable house is a great source of happiness. It ranks immediately after health and a good conscience.

What can be added to the happiness of a man who is in health, out of debt, and has a clear conscience?