Quotes with conscience-stricken

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  • George Bernard Shaw There is nothing more dangerous than the conscience of a bigot.
    George Bernard Shaw
    Irish-English writer and critic (1856 - 1950)
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  • Euripides There is one thing alone that stands the brunt of life throughout its length: a quite conscience.
    Euripides
    Greek tragedian and poet (480 - 406)
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  • Ogden Nash There is only one way to achieve happiness on this terrestrial ball, and that is to have either a clear conscience or none at all.
    Ogden Nash
    American poet (1902 - 1971)
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  • Joseph Conrad They talk of a man betraying his country, his friends, his sweetheart. There must be a moral bond first. All a man can betray is his conscience.
    Joseph Conrad
    In Poland born English writer (1857 - 1924)
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  • Carl Gustav Jung 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.
    Carl Gustav Jung
    Swiss psychiatrist (1875 - 1961)
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  • Benjamin Disraeli To be conscience that you are ignorant is a great step to knowledge.
    Benjamin Disraeli
    English statesman and writer (1804 - 1881)
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  • Barbara Deming To resort to power one need not be violent, and to speak to conscience one need not be meek. The most effective action both resorts to power and engages conscience.
    Barbara Deming
    American feminist and advocate (0 - 1984)
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  • Charles William Stubbs To sit alone with my conscience will be judgment enough for me.
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  • Friedrich Nietzsche Undeserved praise causes more pangs of conscience later than undeserved blame, but probably only for this reason, that our power of judgment are more completely exposed by being over praised than by being unjustly underestimated.
    Friedrich Nietzsche
    German poet and philosopher (1844 - 1900)
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  • Arthur Schopenhauer Vengeance taken will often tear the heart and torment the conscience.
    Arthur Schopenhauer
    German philosopher (1788 - 1860)
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  • Adam Smith Virtue is more to be feared than vice, because its excesses are not subject to the regulation of conscience.
    Adam Smith
    Scottish Economist (1723 - 1790)
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  • Bayard Rustin War is wrong. Conscription for war is inconsistent with freedom of conscience, which is not merely the right to believe but to act on the degree of truth that one receives, to follow a vocation which is God-inspired and God-directed.
    Bayard Rustin
    American activist (1912 - 1987)
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  • Butch Trucks We all knew that asking another guitar player to step into Duane Allman's shoes would not really be fair to anybody who had a conscience.
    Butch Trucks
    American musician (1947 - 2017)
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  • Benjamin Todd Jealous 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.
    Benjamin Todd Jealous
    American civic leader and politician (1973 - )
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  • Aleksander Kwasniewski We know enough to stand here in truth - facing pain, cry and suffering of those who were murdered here. Face to face with the victims' families who are here today. Before the judgment of our own conscience.
    Aleksander Kwasniewski
    Polish politician and journalist (1954 - )
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  • Aldous Huxley We lie to ourselves in order that we may still have the excuse of ignorance, the alibi of stupidity and incomprehension, possessing which we can continue with a good conscience to commit and tolerate the most monstrous crimes.
    Aldous Huxley
    English writer (1894 - 1963)
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  • Michel Eyquem De Montaigne We only labor to stuff the memory, and leave the conscience and the understanding unfurnished and void.
    Michel Eyquem De Montaigne
    French essayist and philosopher (1533 - 1592)
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  • James Joyce Welcome, O life! I go to encounter for the millionth time the reality of experience and to forge in the smithy of my soul the uncreated conscience of my race.
    James Joyce
    Irish writer (1882 - 1941)
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  • Helen Rowland What a man calls his ''conscience'' is merely the mental action that follows a sentimental reaction after too much wine or love.
    Helen Rowland
    American journalist (1875 - 1950)
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  • Bob Barr What has to do with your ability to fall asleep is not caffeine. It's having a clean conscience. I have a clean conscience so I can drink all the caffeine I want.
    Bob Barr
    American attorney and politician (1948 - )
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