A Quote by William Shakespeare

Policy sits above conscience.

William Shakespeare

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Above Conscience Policy

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William Shakespeare
English - Playwright
April 23, 1564 - April 23, 1616

Men must learn now with pity to dispense; For policy sits above conscience.

William Shakespeare

He that follows the advice of reason has a mind that is elevated above the reach of injury; that sits above the clouds, in a calm and quiet ether, and with a brave indifferency hears the rolling thunders grumble and burst under his feet.

Walter Scott

Sometimes I sits and thinks. Other times I sits and drinks, but mostly I just sits.

Neal Cassady

The Citizens of the United States of America have a right to applaud themselves for giving to Mankind examples of an enlarged and liberal policy: a policy worthy of imitation. All possess alike liberty of conscience and immunities of citizenship.

George Washington

Immigration policy should be generous; it should be fair; it should be flexible. With such a policy we can turn to the world, and to our own past, with clean hands and a clear conscience.

John F. Kennedy

Heaven is above all yet; there sits a judge, That no king can corrupt.

William Shakespeare

I have somewhere read that conscience not only sits as witness and judge within our bosoms, but also forms the prison of punishment.

Hosea Ballou

The Oscar sits on some shelf above my desk. If there was an earthquake, I could actually be killed by my own Academy Award.

Helen Hunt

By definition, a government has no conscience. Sometimes it has a policy, but nothing more.

Albert Camus

The saying of Vatican II is above all, 'Conscience is supreme.'

Dorothy Day

I believe that correct principles are natural laws, and that God, the Creator and Father of us all, is the source of them, and also the source of our conscience. I believe that to the degree people live by this inspired conscience, they will grow to fulfill their natures; to the degree that they do not, they will not rise above the animal plane.

Stephen Covey

Let us be thankful for health and competence, and, above all, for a quiet conscience.

Izaak Walton

What I cannot live with may not bother another man's conscience. The result is that conscience will stand against conscience.

Hannah Arendt

There is seemingly no biological benefit to acting with conscience; if there were, only moral individuals would survive and procreate. Sadly, we know that's not true. The benefit of conscience is that you won't suffer guilt (private) or shame (public), and that by your own self-imposed definition, you are a moral human, a special kind of animal who takes unique pride in elevating him/herself above the termites.