Conscience

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Conscience is a Latin word, (though with an English termination,) and, according to the very notation of it, imports a double or joint knowledge; to wit, one of a divine law or rule, and the other of a man's own action: and so is properly the application of a general law to a particular instance of practice.

Sermons Preached Upon Several Occasions. Vol. II. 1634-1716 1823

A suspension of the Will, when indulged in for any length of time, produces a suspension of that inward consciousness of good and evil which we call Conscience, and which can be actively exercised only through the medium of the Will.

The Atlantic Monthly, Volume 06, No. 38, December, 1860 Various

On the one hand, it is contended, that these moral impressions are in themselves immutable, and that an absolute conviction of their immutability is fixed upon us in that part of our constitution which we call Conscience, in other words, there is a certain conduct to which we are bound by a feeling of obligation, apart from all other considerations whatever, and we have an impression that a departure from this in ourselves or others constitutes vice.

The Philosophy of the Moral Feelings John Abercrombie 1812

A Community of Conscience is gathering across our country!

Clergy Leadership Network 2009

Conscience is also equated with a Freudian superego, which makes us aware of superficial and conventional social standards.

Pope John Paul II 2009

Conscience is an inner constraint on behavior, but it's simultaneously a component of identity and character.

IsThatLegal? 2003

“Conscience is what hurts when everything else feels so good.”

Humorous Quotes 2002

As James Thurber once wrote: "Conscience is the awareness that someone might be watching."

Privacy and the Media: Two Perspectves - What Does the Public Have a Right to Know 1999

Secondly, we must create enthusiasm for it, and lastly, we must let the world know that, comrades in Conscience, we axe resolved not to look on in dumb resignation while Righteousness is violated and, as a result, the peace of the world is threatened.

Great Britain and America in the Service of the World 1925