“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