Since Donald Trump preempted mass resignations from his business executive panels last week by disbanding two of them (on manufacturing and economic policy) and canceling a third (on infrastructure), pundits have fallen over themselves to praise CEOs as the moral conscience of the nation. (newrepublic.com)
Black leaders, confronting their people's need and their own impotency, believe they must continue to portray blacks as «the conscience of the nation.» (firstthings.com)
As a consequence, the leaders of mainline Protestantism saw themselves as the «conscience of the nation.» (firstthings.com)