“If you boil it down, just because someone else does the wrong thing we are not exempt from doing what’s right.”
― Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
― Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
“... what you think is right isn't the same as knowing what is right.”
― Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
― Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
“True law, the code of justice, the essence of our sensations of right and wrong, is the conscience of society. It has taken thousands of years to develop, and it is the greatest, the most distinguishing quality which has developed with mankind ... If we can touch God at all, where do we touch him save in the conscience? And what is the conscience of any man save his little fragment of the conscience of all men in all time?”
― The Ox-Bow Incident
― The Ox-Bow Incident
“Errors do not cease to be errors simply because they’re ratified into law.”
― Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
― Brushstrokes of a Gadfly
“Good...if you've done things you aren't proud of. It means you have a conscience.”
― Killosophy
― Killosophy
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