In the polling booth narrow self interest wins out over lofty principles. — James Cook Copy Share Image
Universal suffrage is sound in principle. The radical element is right. — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
The great subverter of Pyrrhonism or the excessive principles of scepticism is action, and employment, and the occupations of common life. — David Hume Copy Share Image
We do not accept that human society should be constructed on the basis of a savage principle of the survival of the… — Thabo Mbeki Copy Share Image
Men of principle are sure to be bold, but those who are bold may not always be men of principle. — Confucius Copy Share Image
“There is a quality about women who choose men sparingly; it appears in their walk in their eyes in their laughter and… — Charles Bukowski Copy Share Image
“Don’t let the tide of life shift you away, move intentionally in the right direction” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
My principles are simple. Protect the Earth. Serve the People, and Explore the Universe — Jerry Brown Copy Share Image
Life turns you as it pleases just because you lack the manual of principles. — Vandi Tanko Copy Share Image
While we should never give up our principles, we must also realize that we cannot maintain our principles unless we survive. — Henry A. Kissinger Copy Share Image
Without the principle of private property there would be no reason for government, which is necessary solely for the purpose of keeping… — Ricardo Flores Magon Copy Share Image
It is a general principle of human nature, that a man will be interested in whatever he possesses, in proportion to the… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
Buy your fair-trade coffee beans by all means, but don't assume fair-trade principles govern the conditions of the men who fetch it… — Rose George Copy Share Image
I regard the principle of conscription of life as a flat contradiction of all our cherished ideals of individual freedom, democratic liberty… — Roger Nash Baldwin Copy Share Image
The good Lord gave me eight grandchildren, and I am convinced that through schools like Desert Christian that we are going to… — Oliver North Copy Share Image
Astronomy is one of the sublimest fields of human investigation. The mind that grasps its facts and principles receives something of the… — Horace Mann Copy Share Image
Atheism is not a philosophy; it is not even a view of the world; it is simply a refusal to deny the… — Sam Harris Copy Share Image
Love is a brilliant illustration of a principle everywhere discoverable: namely, that human reason lives by turning the friction of material forces… — George Santayana Copy Share Image
Prominent and influential editors, accustomed to deal with politicians, men of an infinitely lower grade, say, in their ignorance,that he acted "on… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
If we live by the principles of the gospel, we must be good people, for we will be generous and kind, thoughtful… — Gordon B. Hinckley Copy Share Image
Search for the seed of good in every adversity. Master that principle and you will own a precious shield that will guard… — Og Mandino Copy Share Image
Grace is the good pleasure of God that inclines him to bestow benefits upon the undeserving. It is a self-existent principle inherent… — Aiden Wilson Tozer Copy Share Image
If civilization is to survive, the principles of the Prince of Peace must be restored. Shattered trust between nations must be revived.… — Franklin D. Roosevelt Copy Share Image
My brothers, family of our nation, secured Kuwait shall be, and secured you shall all be from every evil and long live… — Jaber Al-Ahmad Al-Sabah Copy Share Image
The truth which has made us free will in the end make us glad also. Every outcry against the oppression of some… — Felix Adler Copy Share Image
[The] first postulate of the Principle of Uniformity, namely, that the laws of nature are invariant with time, is not peculiar to… — M. King Hubbert Copy Share Image
We meet failure only when we forget our goals, ideals and principles. — Anurag Prakash Ray Copy Share Image
A man is usually more careful of his money than of his principles. — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr Copy Share Image
Americanism consists in utterly believing in the principles of America. — Woodrow Wilson Copy Share Image