Who said "What customs and manners demand is what we must do."?

This quote is attributed to Arthur Dimmesdale.

What customs and manners demand is what we must do. - Arthur Dimmesdale

"What customs and manners demand is what we must do."

Arthur Dimmesdale

Character in The Scarlet Letter

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"We are all sinners, Hester. We are all sinners."

"Be true! Be true! Be true!"

"Believe me, Hester, there are none so agonized with inward torment."

"Thou knowest—thou hast long known it—that I am no evil man."