“God has endowed man with inalienable rights, among which are self-government, reason, and conscience. Man is properly self-governed only when he is guided rightly and governed by his Maker, divine Truth and Love.” MenSelfReasonGovernmentDemocracyRightsDivineConscienceAnd LoveMakersSelf-governmentInalienable RightsTruth And Love Author:John Dryden
“You are never wrong when you have voted because you've acted in accordance with your conscience and your beliefs, and you've exercised your democratic right, which is, you know, perfectly legitimate in our democracies.” KnowsBeliefDemocracyConscienceDemocratic Author:Christine Lagarde
“I have lived with my conscience and my own memories for over quarter of a century since the events of 1973. These are not easy reflections for me. But I am at peace with myself, and with the Chilean people, about what happened. I am clear in my mind that the return to Chile of true democracy, and from that the true freedom to which all individual people are entitled, could not have been achieved without the removal of the Marxist government.” PeopleMindHas BeensGovernmentIndividualEasyMemoriesMy OwnDemocracyClearHappenedCenturyEventsReturnReflectionConscienceQuartersEntitledMarxistRemovalChileTrue FreedomTrue DemocracyQuarter Of A CenturyChileans Author:Augusto Pinochet
“The establishment of religious freedom was no less momentous an achievement than the clearing of the great forest or the winning of independence, for the twin doctrines of separation of church and state and liberty of individual conscience are the marrow of our democracy, if not indeed America's most magnificent contribution to the freeing of Western man.” IfsMenStatesAmericaWinningIndividualChurchReligiousLibertyDemocracyAtheismAchievementConscienceIndependenceWesternPositive AtheismSeparationForestsDoctrineContributionEstablishmentTwinsMagnificentChurch And StateSeparation Of Church And StateReligious FreedomClearingMarrow Author:Clinton Rossiter
“As a prisoner of conscience committed to peaceful transition to democracy, I urge Europe to apply economic sanctions against Ethiopia. What short-term pain may result will be compensated by long-term gain. A pledge to re-engage energetically with a democratic Ethiopia would act as a catalyst for reform.” MayLongPainTermResultsDemocracyEconomicConscienceGainsEuropeDemocraticCommittedPeacefulReformLong TermUrgesPrisonerTransitionShort TermPledgeSanctionsCatalystEthiopiaEconomic Sanctions Author:Eskinder Nega
“Majorities can be wrong, majorities can overrule rights of minorities. If majorities ruled, we could still have slavery. 80% of the population once enslaved 20% of the population. While run by majority rule that is ok. That is very flawed notion of what democracy is. Democracy has to take into account several things - proportionate requirements of people, not just needs of the majority, but also needs of the minority. Majority, especially in societies where the media manipulates public opinion, can be totally wrong and evil. People have to act according to conscience and not by majority vote.” PeopleIfsNeedsStillsRunningEvilOpinionDemocracyRightsMediaConscienceVoteAccountsSlaveryMajorityNotionPopulationMinoritiesRequirementsPublic OpinionManipulateFlawedDemocracies HaveEvil PeopleMajority RuleMajority Vote Author:Howard Zinn
“A man may act as his conscience dictates so long as he does not infringe upon the rights of others. That is the spirit of true democracy, and all government by the Priesthood should be actuated by that same high motive.” MenShouldMayLongDoeGovernmentSpiritDemocracyRightsConscienceMotivePriesthoodTrue Democracy Author:David O. McKay
“The great ideas of the West - rationalism, self-criticism, the disinterested search for truth, the separation of church and state, the rule of law, equality before the law, freedom of conscience, thought, and expression, human rights, and liberal democracy- quite an achievement, surely, for any civilization- - remain the best, and perhaps the only, means for all people, no matter of what race or creed, to reach their full potential and live in freedom.” PeopleHumansMeanIdeasSelfMatterStatesLawChurchRaceDemocracyRightsExpressionCivilizationAchievementConscienceCriticismWestHuman RightsSeparationCreedsChurch And StateGreat IdeaRule Of LawSeparation Of Church And StateRationalismFull PotentialSearch For TruthDisinterestedSelf CriticismLiberal Democracy Book:Virgins? What Virgins?: And Other Essays Source: Virgins? What Virgins?: And Other Essays
“To engage in civil disobedience is to feel the abundance of courage, the gratitude for a democracy that still invites us to speak from our hearts, to act from our conscience and have faith in the consequences of moral action. Abundance is a form of consciousness.” FeelsHeartStillsActionFormSpeakConsciousnessMoralDemocracyGratitudeConscienceConsequenceAbundanceHave FaithInvitesDisobedienceCivil DisobedienceMoral Action Author:Terry Tempest Williams
“The United Nations is an uplifting experiment, dedicated to raising the standards of living in Africa , the consciences of democracies, and the price of prostitutes in New York” NationsUnitedDemocracyNew YorkStandardsConscienceExperimentsUpliftingDedicatedUnited NationsStandards Of Living Author:Frank Dane