Moral Conviction Quotes

Right is right, even if everyone is against it, and wrong is wrong, even if everyone is for it.

The greatest want of the world is the want of men - men who will not be bought or sold; men who in their inmost souls are true and honest; men who do not fear to call sin by its right name; men whose conscience is as true to duty as the needle to the pole; men who will stand for the right though the heavens fall.

I am not an atheist; I believe in God. But my religion ends there. I have my own personal belief system that is so strong it allows me to do what I do. I don't have to worry about going to Hell because of Slayer, you know? Everyone has a personal belief system and believes in life somehow.

Without a sign, his sword the brave man draws, and asks no omen, but his country's cause.

The simple step of a courageous individual is not to take part in the lie. "One word of truth outweighs the world.

Men never do evil so completely and cheerfully as when they do it from religious conviction.

The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

Be careful in dealing with a man who cares nothing for comfort or promotion, but is simply determined to do what he believes to be right. He is a dangerous uncomfortable enemy, because his body, which you can always conquer, gives you little purchase upon his soul.

I have always been horrified by death sentences, and I decided, as an individual at least, that I could not participate in one, even by abstention … Tell him from me that I did not add my signature to yours for his sake, nor for the person whom I despise with all the force that is in me.

I have no evidence that libertarianism leads to a better life. I just think it is morally right.

I cannot and will not recant anything, for to go against conscience is neither right nor safe. Here I stand, I can do no other, so help me God. Amen.

The truth is, hardly any of us have ethical energy enough for more than one really inflexible point of honor.

I'd rather be pro-life than President.

The refusal to take sides on great moral issues is itself a decision. It is a silent acquiescence to evil. The Tragedy of our time is that those who still believe in honesty lack fire and conviction, while those who believe in dishonesty are full of passionate conviction.

I will not change my beliefs to win votes. I will offer a choice, not an echo.

Sir, what does it matter whom I serve, so long as I am right?

Moral principles do not depend on a majority vote. Wrong is wrong, even if everybody is wrong. Right is right, even if nobody is right.

The real honest man is honest from conviction of what is right, not from policy.

Nothing emboldens the wicked so greatly as the lack of courage on the part of the good.

The humblest citizen in all the land, when clad in the armor of a righteous cause, is stronger than all the hosts of error.

Political courage reads well in editorials, but it doesn't translate into political reality.

Being pro-life is an essential part of being a writer.

I do not regret having braved public opinion, when I knew it was wrong and was sure it would be merciless.

After the conflict had once begun, the vast majority of people involved, high and low, were convinced, as most of them still are, of the essential righteousness of their cause. This was not altered by the fact that four of the states bargained hard and long with both parties before casting in their lot with either. When they did act, they were as sure as anyone else that they were animated by the highest principles.

There can be no compromise on basic principles. There can be no compromise on moral issues. There can be no compromise on matters of knowledge, of truth, of rational conviction.