conscience
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“We trusted a man without a conscience, and my son paid the price,” Morrison wrote.
From Los Angeles Times • May 27, 2026
"Neither my conscience nor common sense will allow me to stop an election that has already begun," Republican state Senator Richard Cash said in a statement carried by US media.
From Barron's • May 26, 2026
"I know what you are capable of and I will always be protective of you out of pure loyalty and stubbornness, but my conscience is far from clear."
From BBC • May 19, 2026
Saul, whose family died in the Holocaust, is the novel’s conscience, while Honor is its model of endurance and self-invention.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 15, 2026
“You can be at no loss, Miss Bennet, to understand the reason of my journey hither. Your own heart, your own conscience, must tell you why I come.”
From "Pride and Prejudice" by Jane Austen
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