Wherefore for the public interest and benefit of human society it is requisite that the highest obligations possible should be laid upon the consciences of men.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
The only principles of public conduct that are worthy of a gentleman or a man are to sacrifice estate, ease, health, and applause, and even life, to the sacred calls of his country.
To what extent is any given man morally responsible for any given act? We do not know.
Every man is to be considered in two capacities, the private and public; as designed to pursue his own interest, and likewise to contribute to the good of others.
Conscience in most men, is but the anticipation of the opinions of others.
A man does what he must - in spite of personal consequences, in spite of obstacles and dangers and pressures - and that is the basis of all human morality.
The people respect and believe in men who fulfill their duty.
The conscience can be a strong guide in life if we allow it.
Every man has the right to life, to bodily integrity.
That justice should be administered between men, it is necessary that testimonies of fact be alleged; and that witnesses should apprehend themselves greatly obliged to discover the truth, according to their conscience, in dark and doubtful cases.
What men value in this world is not rights but privileges.