We need men with moral courage to speak and write their real thoughts, and to stand by their convictions, even to the very death.
Wrongful convictions happen every week in every state in this country. And they happen for all the same reasons. Sloppy police work. Eyewitness identification is the most - is the worst type almost. Because it's wrong about half the time. Think about that.
My responsibility is to speak out on my own convictions.
The dangers which threaten us are twofold: First, from the Confederate forces, composed of men whose earnest convictions and reckless bravery it is idle to deny.
This idea, as you know, that I have firm convictions that the idea of issues being a big deal where our mutual friend went back and he felt so strongly that the determining factor in electoral success should be a proven character.
It is a blessed thing that in every age some one has had the individuality enough and courage enough to stand by his own convictions.
Spirituality is deeply personal. Yet, society has to face the fact that certain faiths celebrate spirituality through an overt expression of inner convictions.
A mistake made by many people with great convictions is that they will let nothing stand in the way of their views, not even kindness.
Convictions are more dangerous foes of truth than lies.
All the strength and force of man comes from his faith in things unseen. He who believes is strong; he who doubts is weak. Strong convictions precede great actions.
When the principles that run against your deepest convictions begin to win the day, then the battle is your calling, and peace has become sin. You must at the price of dearest peace lay your convictions bare before friend and enemy with all the fire of your faith.
We are not abandoning our convictions, our philosophy or traditions, nor do we urge anyone to abandon theirs.
I have never had a vote, and I have raised hell all over this country. You don't need a vote to raise hell! You need convictions and a voice!
People will judge you according to your own convictions.
And that's the mission of The Innocence Project in New York, is to exonerate people who have been wrongfully convicted, and also work from a policy angle with Congress and state legislatures to prevent future wrongful convictions.
The construction of life is at present in the power of facts far more than convictions.
Is it faith to understand nothing, and merely submit your convictions implicitly to the Church?
Requiring military hospitals to perform elective abortions exposes the physicians, the nurses, the military personnel to move against their own personal convictions of life in many cases.
Oh how sweet it is to hear one's own convictions from another's lips.
I have always defended my convictions and what I believed to be the truth.
At eighteen our convictions are hills from which we look; at forty-five they are caves in which we hide.
It sounds outright bland, but people here in Indiana want conscientious public servants who have deep convictions but are prepared to work across the aisle when possible.
Sometimes love is stronger than a man's convictions.
The debate over same sex 'marriage' has engaged the heartfelt feelings and convictions of millions of Americans.
I invite you, from my sentiments, my convictions and my responsibilities, to work together in the construction of a Uruguay where being young is not suspicious, where aging is not a problem.
The nobility of a human being is strictly independent of that of his convictions.
However, it must always remain a dialogue, and never an imposition of the church's own convictions and methods. Propose, not impose. To serve, and not to dominate.
Tolerance is the virtue of the man without convictions.
The ideals of the party were close to me, and I have tried to adhere to those principles all my life. In essence, they are the same as in the Ten Commandments in the Bible. I will never change my convictions.
How it infuriates a bigot, when he is forced to drag out his dark convictions!
With increased awareness should come greater caution about how confessions are used at trial - and a greater willingness to overturn convictions when it becomes clear that a confession was untrue.
Indeed, this life is a test. It is a test of many things - of our convictions and priorities, our faith and our faithfulness, our patience and our resilience, and in the end, our ultimate desires.
Of what worth are convictions that bring not suffering?
My feeling about him is that the America that we have today, the freedoms we enjoy and the privileges we have, are really the reflection of Abe Lincoln's convictions, his vision, and his toughness.
I am a Muslim Arab, in my actions oriented very to the left, in my convictions.
All Nigerians of voting age are free to vote based on their convictions. It is our duty to defend and protect that basic right, and - let no one be in doubt - we will.
