“I desire not to keep my place in this government an hour longer than I may preserve England in its just rights, and may protect the people of God in such a just liberty of their consciences.” PeopleMayGovernmentDesireHoursLibertyRightsProtectConscienceEnglandPreserves Book:Letters and Speeches Source: Letters and Speeches
“The art of manipulating public opinion, which is a necessary art for the democratic politician, and, like other arts, is sometimespractised with greater virtuosity by knaves than by honest men (who are apt to disdain it), has a different technique in different countries. For instance, in England we excel in whitewashing: in America they excel in tarring and feathering. We strain our nerves and stretch our consciences to avoid a scandal: Americans do the same to make one.” MenArtDifferentCountryAmericaOpinionGreaterHonestPoliticianArt IsConscienceEnglandDemocraticTechniqueInstanceNervesStrainScandalPublic OpinionHonest ManDisdainKnavesDifferent CountriesVirtuosity Author:George Bernard Shaw
“The cinema is going to form the mind of England. The national conscience, the national ideals and tests of conduct, will be those of the film.” MindFilmFormConscienceIdealsTestsEnglandCinema Author:George Bernard Shaw
“Once or twice in my career I feel that I have done more real harm by my discovery of the criminal than ever he had done by his crime. I have learned caution now, and I had rather play tricks with the law of England than with my own conscience.” FeelsRealDonePlayLawMy OwnCareersCrimeConscienceDiscoveryEnglandHarmCriminalsTricksI Have LearnedCaution Book:The Return of Sherlock Holmes Source: The Return of Sherlock Holmes
“The New England conscience doesn't keep you from doing what you shouldn't - it just keeps you from enjoying it.” InspirationalEnjoyConscienceEnglandNew England Author:Isaac Bashevis Singer
“A large section of the idling classes of England get their incomes by believing that Jesus was born of a virgin and that Jonah swallowed a whale; and with the progress of science they were naturally finding this more and more difficult. A school of ingenious Bible-twisters arose, to invent symbolical and literary meanings for fairy tales, in order that people who no longer believed could continue with good conscience to collect the salaries of belief.” PeopleBelieveSchoolOrderJesusBeliefDifficultBornClassProgressFindingsConscienceEnglandIncomeTalesFairyFairy TaleSectionsVirginsSalaryWhalesIngeniousJonahTwister Author:Upton Sinclair
“Look to your consciences and remember that the theatre of the world is wider than the realm of England.” WorldLooksRememberConscienceEnglandTheatreRealms Author:Mary, Queen of Scots
“The old truth that Calvin preached, that Augustine preached, that Paul preached, is the truth that I must preach to-day, or else be false to my conscience and my God. I cannot shape the truth; I know of no such thing as paring off the rough edges of a doctrine. John Knox's gospel is my gospel. That which thundered through Scotland must thunder through England again.” KnowsShapesConscienceEnglandEdgesDoctrineRoughScotlandThunderAugustineRough Edges Book:Essential Works of Charles Spurgeon Source: Essential Works of Charles Spurgeon