conscience
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“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
Victor Hugo wrote in “Les Misérables” that “the sewer is the conscience of the city,” and Mr. Paré-Poupart takes this dictum to heart.
From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 12, 2026
"I set out changes I believed were necessary and the lines which I could not in good conscience go beyond. Those lines have not been accepted," he said.
From BBC • Jun. 12, 2026
He was considered a prisoner of conscience by Amnesty International.
From Barron's • May 31, 2026
Some Hitler Youth had twinges of conscience over the treatment of the Jews.
From "Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow" by Susan Campbell Bartoletti
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