Nothing strengthens the judgment and quickens the conscience like individual responsibility.
The rat had no morals, no conscience, no scruples, no consideration, no decency, no milk of rodent kindness, no compunctions, no higher feeling, no friendliness, no anything
A man's conscience, like a warning line on the highway, tells him what he shouldn't do - but it does not keep him from doing it.
The voice within is bolder and louder than all the noise in the world. It’s called conscience, but you have to have one, in order to hear it.
You will be amused when you see that I have more than once deceived without the slightest qualm of conscience, both knaves and fools.
I want to make this perfectly clear: you can be sure that I will never be a yes-man except to my own conscience.
Through pride we are ever deceiving ourselves. But deep down below the surface of the average conscience a still, small voice says to us, something is out of tune.
sometimes we doubt the truth in the face of this earth, but not to worry. the important thing is to follow your conscience to walk in the truth
Le citoyen doit-il un seul instant, dans quelque mesure que ce soit, abandonner sa conscience au législateur ? (LA DÉSOBÉISSANCE CIVILE)
The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't - it just keeps you from enjoying it.
The appeal to the white man's pocket has ever been more effectual than all the appeals ever made to his conscience.
Make no mistake. You are your most important critic and your conscience your most important judge of character.
We do not owe allegiance to any candidate because they share our party or our color, but because they share our principles and our conscience.
It is a mistake to think that we can control the breeding of mankind in the long run by an appeal to conscience.
The ultimate test of man's conscience may be his willingness to sacrifice something today for future generations whose words of thanks will not be heard.
Good novels are not written by orthodoxy-sniffers, nor by people who are conscience-stricken about their own orthodoxy. Good novels are written by people who are not frightened.
Our enemy attacks the conscience little by little seeking to wear us down and then wears out a leader's resolve to fight the good fight.
Confusing monogamy with morality has done more to destroy the conscience of the human race than any other error.
Don't question your conscience so much--it will get out of tune like a strummed piano. Keep it for great occasions.
No one ever wants to see his or her name linked to anything bad. Conscience is like a baby. It has to go to sleep before you can.
My parents always went to rallies and demonstrated against certain things; my generation, we often have a political conscience, but we're not that involved.
