"The vilest scramble for loot that ever disfigured the history of human conscience."
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"The vilest scramble for loot that ever disfigured the history of human conscience."
"I am bound by the texts of the Bible, my conscience is captive to the Word of God, I neither can nor will recant anything, since it is neither right nor safe to act against my conscience."
"The laws of conscience, though we ascribe them to nature, actually come from custom."
"There can be no censorship better than one's own conscience."