“All our liberties are due to men who, when their conscience has compelled them, have broken the laws of the land.” MenLawLibertyLandBrokenConscienceDuesCompelled Author:William Kingdon Clifford
“I believe in absolute freedom of conscience for all men and equality of all churches, all sects and all beliefs before the law as a matter of right and not as a matter of favor. I believe in the absolute separation of church and state and in the strict enforcement of the Constitution that Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion or prohibiting the free exercise thereof I believe that no tribunal of any church has any power to make any decree of any force in the law of the land, other than to establish the status of its own communicants within its own church.” MenBelieveMatterStatesLawBeliefForceI BelieveChurchAtheismLandExerciseConscienceConstitutionAbsolutesCongressI Believe InPositive AtheismFavorsSeparationEstablishmentStrictEnforcementChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateSectsDecreeAbsolute FreedomTribunals Author:Al Smith
“The kid I was when I first left home Was looking for his freedom and a life of his own But the freedom that he found wasn't quite as sweet When the truth was known I have prayed for America I was made for America I can't let go till she comes around Until the land of the free Is awake and can see And until her conscience has been found.” FirstsHas BeensMadeI CanHomeKidsAmericaFoundLeftPeaceKnownLandSweetLetting GoConscienceAwakeLand Of The FreeCan't Let Go Author:Jackson Browne
“Yet still there whispers the small voice within, Heard through Gain's silence, and o'er Glory's din; Whatever creed be taught or land be trod, Man's conscience is the oracle of God.” MenStillsVoiceSilenceHeardLandTaughtGloryConscienceGainsCreedsOraclesSmall Voice Book:Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Lord Byron (Illustrated)
“Private Manning is the world's pre-eminent prisoner of conscience, having remained true to the Nuremberg principle that every soldier has the right to 'a moral choice.' His suffering mocks the notion of the land of the free.” WorldSufferingChoicesMoralPrinciplesLandConscienceNotionSoldierPrisonerLand Of The FreeMoral ChoicesNuremberg Author:John Pilger
“I think that the only ultimate guide we have is our conscience, and if the law of the land goes against our conscience I think we should disobey the law.” IfsThinkingShouldLawLandConscienceUltimateGuides Author:Pierre Trudeau
“With a good conscience our only sure reward, with history the final judge of our deeds, let us go forth to lead the land we love, asking his blessing and his help, but knowing that here on earth God's work must truly be our own.” LoveHelpingEarthEffortKnowingLandJudgingBlessingConscienceLaborAskingRewardsFinalsDeedsInauguralInaugural AddressWork EffortChristian Patriotic Author:John F. Kennedy
“It is sad that it was necessary that Santa Barbara should be the example that had to bring it to the attention of the American people. What is involved is the use of our resources of the sea and of the land in a more effective way and with more concern for preserving the beauty and the natural resources that are so important to any kind of society that we want for the future. The Santa Barbara incident has frankly touched the conscience of the American people.” PeopleWayWantShouldKindImportantUseNaturalAttentionEnvironmentSeaLandExampleInvolvedConscienceResourcesConcernTouchedSantaIncidentsNatural ResourcesBarbaraSanta Barbara Author:Richard M. Nixon
“It seems that the whole world is beginning to decay, and that its putrefaction has chosen to spread outward from here, from the land of the Pashtuns, where desertification proceeds at a steady, implacable crawl even in the consciences and intellects of men.” MenWorldWholeSeemsLandConscienceSpreadIntellectWhole WorldChosenSteadyDecayPashtuns Author:Yasmina Khadra
“A land ethic...reflects the existence of an ecological conscience, and this in turn reflects a conviction of individual responsibility for the health of the land. Health is the capacity of the land for self-renewal. Conservation is our effort to understand and preserve this capacity.” SelfTurnsIndividualEffortExistenceResponsibilityLandEthicsConscienceCapacityConvictionPreservesConservationRenewalEcologicalIndividual ResponsibilityLand Conservation Author:Aldo Leopold
“If a wave of service sweeps over the land, catching everyone in its enthusiasm, it will be able to wipe off the mounds of hatred, malice and greed that infest the World. Attune your hearts so that it will vibrate in sympathy with the woes and joys of your fellow-men. Fill the World with Love. Love will warn you against advising another to do something which you yourself are unwilling to do; your conscience will tell you that you are living in a lie!” IfsMenWorldHeartAbleJoyLyingLandConscienceHatredFellowsGreedWaveEnthusiasmSympathyWoeFellow ManCatchingWipeMaliceUnwillingYou AgainVibrate Author:Sathya Sai Baba
“The printed page is a missionary that can go anywhere and do so at minimum cost. It enters closed lands and reaches all strata of society. It does not grow weary. It needs no furlough. It lives longer than any missionary. It never gets ill. It penetrates through the mind to the heart and conscience. It has and is producing results everywhere. It has often lain dormant yet retained its life and bloomed years later.” NeedsYearsMindHeartDoeChristianGrowsResultsLandCostPagesConscienceIllChristian InspirationalMissionaryMinimumWearyLong LifePenetratePrintedDormantProducing Results Author:Samuel Marinus Zwemer
“It is subversive to set up inquisitions like this, state or national, into the thoughts and consciences of Americans. . . . It is subversive for commissions like this to spread hysteria and intimidation throughout the land that Americans are afraid to sign petitions, afraid to read progressive magazines, afraid to make out checks for liberal causes, afraid to join organizations, afraid to speak their mind on public issues. Americans dare not be free citizens! This is the destruction of democracy.” MindStatesSpeakCausesWomenDemocracyIssuesLandCitizensConscienceDestructionOrganizationDareSpreadChecksMagazinesProgressiveSubversiveIntimidationHysteriaMake OutPetitionsInquisition Author:Florence Luscomb
“Let no one mistake it for comedy, farcical though it may be in all its details. It serves notice on the country that Neanderthal man is organizing in these forlorn backwaters of the land, led by a fanatic, rid of sense and devoid of conscience.” MenMayCountryScienceMistakeComedyLandConscienceDetailsFanaticsForlornOne MistakeNeanderthals Author:H. L. Mencken
“The racist conscience of America is such that murder does not register as murder really, unless the victim is white... blacks knew that white blood is the coin of freedom in a land where for four hundred years black blood has been shed unremarked and with impunity.” YearsDoeHas BeensAmericaBlackWhiteFourBloodLandHundredConscienceMurderVictimRacistShedCoinsRegisterImpunity Author:Eldridge Cleaver