Sentence examples for acting on conscience from inspiring English sources

Yet he has single-handedly instigated a new national debate on capital punishment by acting on conscience when faced with statistical evidence that innocent people stand a very real chance of being executed in Illinois.

The Underground Railroad, by contrast, was personal: a scattering of private citizens, acting on conscience, and connected for the most part only as the constellations are — from a great distance, by their light.

Despite speculation that she is seeking a higher-profile committee assignment -- she is vice chairwoman of the House Small Business Committee and readily concedes that she would like to be chairwoman as well as sit on the influential House Banking Committee -- Mrs. Kelly said she was acting on conscience.

It starts with individuals speaking up and acting on conscience.

To them, Mr. King was acting on his conscience.

But if the voter is acting on his conscience taking into consideration all moral questions, it would not be a sin, he said.

I applaud them for acting on their conscience.

"There are many cases where people acting on their conscience have been cascaded by the government," Bush told radio host Hugh Hewitt.

In many cases, those acting on their consciences also need to be prepared to go to jail.

But the calculation of delay can erode the virtue of acting on what your conscience is telling you.

"I want jurors to feel that they can vote and deliberate on the allegations in the case with a clear conscience and not have any extraneous forces acting on them," Judge Foust said in court.