Quotes About Conscience

In L.A., it's very hard to have some kind of conscience of some style out there. The weather's too hot; there's no seasons.

I'm a married gay man, so you might think that I appreciate the government forcing a Christian baker or photographer or florist to act against their religion in order to cater, photograph, or decorate my wedding. But you'd be wrong. A government that can force Christians to violate their conscience can force me to violate mine.

One half of the world's people live on less than two dollars a day. This should concern our national security policy as well as our conscience.

If the price of continuing my political career is to be complicit in a really bad thing then that's not a price I'm prepared to pay.

There is nothing politically right that is morally wrong.

I'm not a politician. My conscience has brought me before you. Give me a chance to serve you.

When you go to the polls, ethics and morality should be part of the evaluation.

What's right isn't always popular. What's popular isn't always right.

Instead of playing heroes and righteous people, I'd rather portray characters with problems of conscience who have to lie, to betray, and then have to cope with that. They feel more true to me.

Never, ever cheat, especially yourself, even if you are absolutely, positively sure that you can get away with it.

I want to be as honest as I possibly can. I sleep better at night.

The government should not have the right to force you to participate in some type of behavior that is going to conflict with your conscience rights, and if it does or potentially does, you should have the ability to have access to courts, and currently, that's not necessarily the case.

Our goal of poverty eradication and of inclusive growth that embraces the disadvantaged and marginalized sections of society can be achieved when our actions are guided by a social conscience and are not devoid of sensitivity.

I'm more the conscience of the conservative than I am someone looking for consensus.

Conviction is the conscience of the mind.

Corruption never has been compulsory.

It's an awful thing to be aware of your own corruption. I think a lot of people are bound by the particular economic system we work in to serve companies and masters who aren't really telling people what they're doing.

It would be foolhardy to count on the conscience of the world.

The Non-Conformist Conscience makes cowards of us all.

It's great to be recognized when I'm looking for a table at a crowded restaurant, but I still don't put it to best use. I'm such a lump. I won't cut the line. It's my Catholic guilt. I gotta get used to it.

Damnation seize my soul if I give your quarters, or take any from you.

The eye of God ends up inside, so that, in the end, you take care of judgment and punishment yourself.

Justice is never advanced in the taking of a human life.

Nobody has any conscience about adding to the improbabilities of a marvelous tale.