“ The first duty of a conscientious person is to have his or her conscience absolutely under his or her own control. ”
- Ralph Waldo Emerson- Copy
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“ No naturalist has devoted more painstaking attention to the structure of the barnacles than Mr. Darwin. ”
- Richard Owen- Copy
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“ Germany was the cause of Hitler as much as Chicago is responsible for the Chicago Tribune. ”
- Alexander Woollcott- Copy
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“ It is not only for what we do that we are held responsible, but also for what we do not do. ”
- Moliere- Copy
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“ You are not only responsible for what you say, but also for what you do not say. ”
- Martin Luther- Copy
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“ Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity. ”
- Martin Luther King Jr.- Copy
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“ To act the part of a true friend requires more conscientious feeling than to fill with credit and complacency any other station or capacity in social life. ”
- Sarah Ellis- Copy
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“ He who has no taste for order, will be often wrong in his judgment, and seldom considerate or conscientious in his actions. ”
- Johann Kaspar Lavater- Copy
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“ Good luck is the willing handmaid of a upright and energetic character, and conscientious observance of duty. ”
- James Russell Lowell- Copy
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“ For a Jewish Puritan of the middle class, the novel is serious, the novel is work, the novel is conscientious application — why, the novel is practically the retail business all over again. ”
- Howard Nemerov- Copy
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“ The conscientious objector is a revoultionary. On deciding to disobey the law he sacrifices his personal interests to the most important cause of working for the betterment of society. ”
- Albert Einstein- Copy
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“ Very few things happen at the right time and the rest do not happen at all. The conscientious historian will correct these defects. ”
- Herodotus- Copy
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“ discernment is not simply about resisting what is evil, self-absorbed, or destructive. It is about foundational identity. It is about who we know ourselves ultimately to be. It is about paying attention to the ways in which the limited power we wield, the modest respect we command, the taken-for-granted resources we hold provide us with our primary sense of meaning… ”
- Wendy M. Wright- Copy
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“ What I've always said is - and I defended Bill Clinton's position, and I would defend the president's choice with respect to going into the Guard. I've never made any judgments about any choice somebody made about avoiding the draft, about going to Canada, going to jail, being a conscientious objector, going into the National Guard. ”
- John F. Kerry- Copy
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