“Virtuosi have been long remarked to have little conscience in their favorite pursuits. A man will steal a rarity who would cut off his hand rather than take the money it is worth. Yet, in fact, the crime is the same.” MenLittlesLongHas BeensFactsHandsCuttingCrimeConsciencePursuitStealingTheftRarity Author:Horace
“Nonviolence is a powerful as well as a just weapon. If you confront a man who has long been cruelly misusing you, and say, "Punish me, if you will; I do not deserve it, but I will accept it, so that the world will know I am right and you are wrong," then you wield a powerful and a just weapon. This man, your oppressor, is automatically morally defeated, and if he has any conscience, he is ashamed.” IfsKnowsMenWorldWellsLongPowerfulAcceptingWeaponsConscienceDeserveAshamedNonviolenceDefeatedOppressors Author:Martin Luther King, Jr.
“Equity is a roguish thing. For Law we have a measure, know what to trust to; Equity is according to the conscience of him that is Chancellor, and as that is larger or narrower, so is Equity. 'T is all one as if they should make the standard for the measure we call a "foot" a Chancellor's foot; what an uncertain measure would this be! One Chancellor has a long foot, another a short foot, a third an indifferent foot. 'T is the same thing in the Chancellor's conscience.” IfsKnowsShouldLongLawFeetStandardsConscienceThirdsIndifferentUncertainEquityOne Chance Author:John Selden