The ethic of conviction and the ethic of responsibility are not opposites. They are complementary to one another.
Sentiment: POSITIVE
Conviction is the conscience of the mind.
Conviction without experience makes for harshness.
In the one defence, briefly, we accept responsibility but deny that it was bad: in the other, we admit that it was bad but don't accept full, or even any, responsibility.
Conscience is a coward, and those faults it has not strength enough to prevent it seldom has justice enough to accuse.
Crimes, like virtues, are their own rewards.
Convictions do not imply reasons.
A life spent making mistakes is not only more honorable, but more useful than a life spent doing nothing.
You must stick to your conviction, but be ready to abandon your assumptions.
No, moral conscience is one thing, the law is another. We have to hold onto this difference.
Conviction never so excellent, is worthless until it coverts itself into conduct.