conscience
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Eight of my fellow church members, along with many other church leaders and prisoners of conscience, remain in prison.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 8, 2026
The screens that hold up over time are rooted in conviction and conscience, not the election calendar.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 6, 2026
"It is a stain on the conscience of humanity," added Callamard, calling for an immediate ceasefire in Sudan, and for the urgent deployment of an international force to protect civilians.
From BBC ● Jul. 1, 2026
“But no, when it comes to things like expanding council sizes … when it comes to ranked choice voting to make our elections more democratic, and being able to vote our conscience, that got punted.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 16, 2026
The police superintendent said his conscience was clear.
From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling
But the proposal would let us show how we disagree with each other about our shared political life, and so help direct our collective agency without sacrificing the individual voices of our consciences.
From Slate ● May 11, 2026
The Clergy and Laymen Concerned About Vietnam, for example, brought together Protestant, Roman Catholic and Jewish Americans who opposed the war because it violated the nation’s ideals and religious consciences.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 19, 2026
The French film legend says that the most important thing for her about a film "is that it changes lives, changes people's consciences."
From Barron's ● Feb. 15, 2026
Americans with normal levels of basic decency let their consciences prevent them from exploiting the death of a purported friend before he’s even buried.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2025
There was no need for this to be on both their consciences.
From "The Dead and the Gone" by Susan Beth Pfeffer
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