It is my conviction that when events are forgotten, buried in the cellar of the page, they are no longer even history.
A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
I don't personally believe that villains exist. Villains are just a way of saying that somebody has an opposing conviction.
The trouble with this country is that there are too many politicians who believe, with a conviction based on experience, that you can fool all of the people all of the time.
No doubt one can, in light of further study and life experience, come to repudiate past convictions.
Freedom. And Justice. If you have those two, it covers everything. You must stick to those principles and have the courage of your convictions.
Now that I've got some films under my belt, I have the courage of my convictions regarding acting. It gives me a leg to stand on.
For if enough people were really convinced that growth should be halted, and if they acted on that conviction, then billions of others might be deprived of any realistic hope of gaining the opportunities now enjoyed by the more fortunate.
The greatest happiness of life is the conviction that we are loved; loved for ourselves, or rather, loved in spite of ourselves.
We peruse one ideal, that of bringing people together in peace, irrespective of race, religion and political convictions, for the benefit of mankind.
A large part of the present anxiety to improve the education of girls and women is also due to the conviction that the political disabilities of women will not be maintained.
People tend to say Christians are always judging, but the word of God convicts Christians and urges them to obey God's commands.
Life and liberty can be as much endangered from illegal methods used to convict those thought to be criminals as from the actual criminals themselves.
Tony Rezko and Bill Ayers should lead the Democratic Party. They are the only Democrats with any convictions.
Ballot papers do not define leaders. Leadership is defined by conviction, vision, passion and inspiration.
Black jurors sit on juries every day and convict black people every day.
It is the Holy Spirit's job to convict, God's job to judge and my job to love.
The deepest thing in any one is the conviction of the bad luck that follows boasting.
Once you have a felony conviction on your record, one of the most difficult things to do is to break the cycle of recidivism.
Personal power depends on the power of imagination; personal achievement depends on commitment and conviction.
You could accuse Republicans of a lot of things, but you could never convict us of being too conservative!
