Martin Luther on Conscience. Posted on November 15, 2011 by Werner Dekarski “Cowardice asks the question: Is it save? Expediency asks the question: Is it politic? Vanity asks the question: Is it popular? But conscience asks the question: Is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither save, nor politic, nor popular, but he must take it because his conscience tells him it is right.” – Martin Luther