Before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.
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The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.
I belong to the political party that generally fits my philosophical beliefs, but I reserve the right to vote my conscience after careful deliberation. My voting record reflects this.
In matters of conscience, the law of the majority has no place.
I believe you have to nurture your conscience.
Citizens with a conscience are not going to ignore wrong-doing simply because they'll be destroyed for it: the conscience forbids it.
Conscience allows us to do two things: Pass judgment on ourselves; approve or condemn our own conduct.
I have to live for others and not for myself: that's middle-class morality.
Living with a conscience is like driving with the brakes on.
Individual consciences are fine but individual consciences have to be made manifest.
I don't get to live by different rules. The same boundaries that apply to everyone apply to me.