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Right there with you. To go against conscience is neither right nor true. In the words of H. L. Mencken, "Morality is doing what is right regardless of what you are told. Obedience is doing what is told regardless of what is right."

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Ooh, I like that quote. Succinct and spot on!

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I believe Einstein said the following. "The Nuremberg Trial of German war criminals was tacitly based on the recognition of the principle: criminal actions cannot be excused if committed on government orders; conscience supercedes the authority of the law of the state."

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