“New York is the city of privilege. Here is the seat of the Invisible Power represented by the allied forces of finance and industry. This Invisible Government is reactionary, sinister, unscrupulous, mercenary, and sordid. It is wanting in national ideals and devoid of conscience... This kind of government must be scourged and destroyed.” KindGovernmentForceCitiesNew YorkIndustryConscienceIdealsPrivilegeJewInvisibleFinanceDestroyedSeatsSinisterReactionariesMercenary Author:William Jennings Bryan
“The Holy Scriptures...can alone secure to society order and peace, and to our courts of justice and constitutions of government, purity, stability, and usefulness.....Bibles are strong entrenchments. Where they abound, men cannot pursue wicked courses and at the same time enjoy quiet conscience.” MenGovernmentOrderCoursesStrongEnjoyJusticeHolyQuietConscienceConstitutionCourtScripturePursueSecurePurityWickedStabilityUsefulnessHoly Scriptures Author:James McHenry
“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
“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
“I'd shrink government in a minute, if I could shrink GM, Bank of America, and all these immoral corporations that operate by an undemocratic code, with no soul and no conscience.” IfsSoulGovernmentAmericaMinutesConscienceCodeCorporationsIf I CouldImmoralShrinks Author:Jerry Brown
“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
“Above all we should not forget, that government is an evil, an usurpation upon the private judgment and individual conscience of mankind.” ShouldGovernmentEvilIndividualForgetMankindConscienceJudgementAnarchistUsurpation Author:William Godwin
“I sincerely believe that I have served a criminal. I led my soldiers in good conscience... but for a criminal government.” BelieveGovernmentConscienceSoldierCriminalsSincerelyMy Soldier Author:Walter Model
“It goes beyond mere 'acknowledgment' of religion because its sole purpose is to encourage all citizens to engage in prayer, an inherently religious exercise that serves no secular function in this context. In this instance, the government has taken sides on a matter that must be left to individual conscience.” MatterGovernmentPurposeIndividualLeftSidesReligiousPrayerTakenAtheismCitizensExerciseConscienceFunctionMerePositive AtheismInstanceSoleSecularAcknowledgment Author:Barbara Brandriff Crabb
“I believe that religious witness should not mobilize public authority to impose a view where a decision is inherently private in nature or where people are deeply divided about whether it is... Americans are plainly and persistently divided about abortion and the fiat of government cannot settle the issue as a matter of conscience or of conduct.” PeopleShouldBelieveMatterGovernmentI BelieveReligiousDecisionViewsIssuesAtheismAuthorityConsciencePositive AtheismWitnessSettlingAbortionDivided Author:Edward Kennedy
“Those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end, for they do so with the approval of their own conscience.” EndsGovernmentPoliticsLibertyConscienceLibertarianTyrannyTyrantsApprovalTormentGood WillGoverningFreedom And LibertyExtremistFreedom LibertyProperty RightsLimited GovernmentDemocracies HaveLimiting GovernmentLibertarian PartyEconomic FreedomLimited FreedomAmerica FreedomBusybodiesGood MoralGovernment And PoliticsGovernment PoliticsSecurity And FreedomRobber BaronHonest Government Book:God in the Dock Source: God in the Dock
“I have another name for what they're terming whistleblowers, and that's righteous heroes. From Bradley Manning to Snowden. They're people of conscience who are unwilling to turn a blind eye to the crimes of our government. And thank goodness for them.” PeopleGovernmentEyeTurnsNamesCrimeHeroGoodnessConscienceBlindRighteousUnwillingSnowdenBlind EyesWhistleblowersBradley Manning Author:Tom Morello
“The real transgression occurs when religion wants government to tell citizens how to live uniquely personal parts of their lives. The failure of Prohibition proves the futility of such an attempt when a majority or even a substantial minority happens to disagree. Some questions may be inherently individual ones, or people may be sharply divided about whether they are. In such cases, like Prohibition and abortion, the proper role of religion is to appeal to the conscience of the individual, not the coercive power of the state.” PeopleWantMayRealStatesGovernmentHappensIndividualRolesCasesCitizensProveConscienceMajorityAppealsAbortionMinoritiesDividedDisagreeProhibitionFutilityTransgression Author:Edward Kennedy
“Governments ... should not force and govern belief, which is a matter for the heart and conscience not for temporal authorities.” ShouldHeartMatterGovernmentBeliefForceAuthorityConscience Author:Katharina Zell