Principle Quotes

Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.

There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good.

For those of you who don't understand Reaganomics, it's based on the principle that the rich and the poor will get the same amount of ice. In Reaganomics, however, the poor get all of theirs in winter.

Wars based on principle are far more destructive... the attacker will not destroy that which he is after.

Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.

Men act like brutes in so far as the sequences of their perceptions arise through the principle of memory only, like those empirical physicians who have mere practice without theory.

I am sure that in Canada the people appreciate this principle, and the general intelligence which prevails over that country is such that I am sure there is no danger of a reactionary policy ever finding a response in the hearts of any considerable number of our people.

Universal suffrage is sound in principle. The radical element is right.

My guiding principle is that prosperity can be shared. We can create wealth together. The global economy is not a zero-sum game.

In a way then, the Divine Principle, this new revelation, is the documentary of my life. It is my own life experience. The Divine Principle is in me, and I am in the Divine Principle.

I think first and foremost everybody should understand that Canadians are strongly committed to the system of universal health insurance, to the principle that your ability to pay does not determine your access to critical medical service.

The more you build your life on principle and less on personality - yours or others - the straighter will be your course.

The principle that light can be in two places at the same time is absolutely extraordinary.

There again, that is a fundamental principle: no two situations are alike.

Clean living is the cardinal principle in the lives of the world's greatest athletes, as the phenomenal performances of these outstanding characters will obviously show.

Defence was an afterthought, prompted by necessity; and its introduction as a State function, though effected doubtless with a view to the strengthening of the State, was really and in principle the initiation of the State's destruction.

It is better to be defeated standing for a high principle than to run by committing subterfuge.

A confidence problem exists on the part of the people of the region who desire democratic rule in principle, but remain suspicious of both the fashion with which democratization is presented and the purposes of the democratic world.

The campaigns of Steve Forbes, Pat Buchanan, Ross Perot, and John McCain all outperformed expectations on their support from independent voters. They made no effort to shy away from ideology, but conveyed to voters that their policies were driven by principle, not party talking points.

Words without deeds is an affront to the principle that guides our Nation and makes a mockery of the values we as public servants claim to love.

The principle of Sturgeon's Razor states that the simplest answer to any problem is 90% crap.

Country people do not behave as if they think life is short; they live on the principle that it is long, and savor variations of the kind best appreciated if most days are the same.

Let's talk of a system that transforms all the social organisms into a work of art, in which the entire process of work is included... something in which the principle of production and consumption takes on a form of quality. It's a Gigantic project.

A precedent embalms a principle.

Circumstances give in reality to every political principle, its distinguishing colour, and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind.

Islam is in principle egalitarian, and has always had problems with power.

Unfortunately, the true force which propels our endless political disputes, our constant struggles for political advantage, is often not our burning concern for democracy, it is often of our dedication to the principle of the rule of law.

The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract.

It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies.

The principle of the design - the harmony, rhythm and balance are all the same with interior and fashion design.