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“No, I have no desire for riches. Honest poverty and a conscience, torpid through virtuous inaction, are more to me than corner lots and praise.”

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Book:Tales, Speeches, Essays, and Sketches

Source: Tales, Speeches, Essays, and Sketches

“There is no class of people so hard to manage in a state, as those whose intentions are honest, but whose consciences are bewitched.”

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Author:Napoleon Bonaparte

“I don't think you can make a lawyer honest by an act of legislature. You've got to work on his conscience. And his lack of conscience is what makes him a lawyer.”

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Book:Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams

Source: Will Rogers' Daily Telegrams

“It is not only highly desirable but necessary that there should be legislation which shall carefully shield the interests of wage-workers, and which shall discriminate in favor of the honest and humane employer by removing the disadvantage under which he stands when compared with unscrupulous competitors who have no conscience and will do right only under fear of punishment.”

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Book:The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses

Source: The Strenuous Life: Essays and Addresses

“We are not called on to believe this or that doctrine which may be proposed to us till we can do so from honest conviction. But we are called on to trust--to trust ourselves to God, being sure that He will lead us right--to keep close to Him--and to trust the promises which He whispers through our conscience; this we can do, and we ought to do.”

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Author:John Campbell Shairp

“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.”

“... women of the North, I ask you to rise up with earnest, honest purpose, and go forward in the way of right, fearlessly, as independent human beings, responsible to God alone for the discharge of every duty, for the faithful use of every gift, the good Father has given you. Forget conventionalisms; forget what the world will say, whether you are in your place or out of your place; think your best thoughts, speak your best words, do your best works, looking to your own conscience for approval.”

Source: HISTORY OF WOMEN’S SUFFRAGE Trilogy – Part 1 (Illustrated): The Origin of the Movement - Lives and Battles of Pioneer Suffragists (Including Letters, Articles, Conference Reports, Speeches, Court Transcripts & Decisions)

“When You smoke herb it reveals you to yourself. All the wickedness you do is revealed by the herb - it's you conscience and gives you an honest picture of yourself.”

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Author:Bob Marley