conscience
Example Sentences
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But his wife warned that "the public conscience cannot be silenced. These hardships do not lead me to despair but to solidarity. I trust the will and conscience of the people," she said.
From Barron's
Religious leaders, from Roger Williams to William Penn, considered that “the Bible and Christian theology require liberty of conscience,” necessary for “true religion to flourish.”
What might once have been shocking to a person of conscience is absorbed into routine.
From Salon
“Someone’s conscience gets the best of them,” Davis said.
His father told BBC Arabic his son was driven by his "conscience" and "saw the victims, the blood, women and children lying on the street, and then acted".
From BBC
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