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'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.

The nation demands a movement which has written upon its banner the internal and external national freedom that it will act as if it were the spiritual, social and political conscience of the nation.

The conscience of children is formed by the influences that surround them; their notions of good and evil are the result of the moral atmosphere they breathe.

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.

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

If the scholar feels that he must know everything about any topic, he is in trouble - and will not publish with a clear conscience.

I did not join the resistance movement to kill people, to kill the nation. Look at me now. Am I a savage person? My conscience is clear.

Europeans know the importance of the Resistance; it has been the shining example of the modern conscience.

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

Science without conscience is the death of the soul.

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.

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

Disco music in the '70s was just a call to go wild and party and dance with no thought or conscience or regard for tomorrow.

No man with a conscience can just bat out illustrations. He's got to put all his talent and feeling into them!

People are getting smarter nowadays; they are letting lawyers, instead of their conscience, be their guide.

The conscience of an artist worthy of the name is like an incurable disease which causes him endless torment but occasionally fills him with silent joy.

As the price of gas goes up, people will become more conscience of how much they use.

The infliction of cruelty with a good conscience is a delight to moralists. That is why they invented Hell.

We take nothing to the grave with us, but a good or evil conscience... It is true, terrors of conscience cast us down; and yet without terrors of conscience we cannot be raised up again.

Abstention means you stayed at home or went to the beach. By casting a blank vote, you're saying you have a political conscience but you don't agree with any of the existing parties.