Sentences with phrase «conscience of the world»

• Jimmy Carter called him the conscience of Africa, and some thought him the conscience of the world.

After the war, the editors declared, «It was God who united the conscience of the world against a proud and brutal power» (November 14, 1918).

Likewise in the Greco - Roman world the pure ethic of love faced a desperate trial, and the marvel is not that the New Testament contains contradictions and qualifications of it, but that such elevated and triumphant faith in it was voiced at all and has remained to chasten and guide the conscience of the world.

Whilst God does not control, God appeals to the conscience of the world through the victims of its agony.

«What we saw in Syria last week should shock the conscience of the world.

He described the situation as a scar on the conscience of the world's most leading advocate for democracy.

This will continue to remain a scar on the conscience of this world body if not remedied.»

Described by Steven Spielberg as «one of our great filmmakers, not just for the art and passion he put on screen, but for the impact he has made on the conscience of the world,» the films of producer and director Stanley Kramer (The Defiant Ones, Guess Who's Coming to Dinner) frequently confronted social issues considered too controversial for the major studios.

President Obama defended the American - led military assault in Libya on Monday, saying it was in the national interest of the United States to stop a potential massacre that would have «stained the conscience of the world.»