Principles Quotes · Page 76

Principle III: Presumptive rights are the conditions under which individual powers normally develop.

— William Ernest Hocking

On pragmatistic principles, if the hypothesis of God works satisfactorily in the widest sense of the word, it is true.

— William James

Since the nature of people is bad, to become corrected they must be taught by teachers and to be orderly they must…

— Anonymous

The Second Amendment reveals a profound principle of American government - the principle of civilian ascendency over the military.

— William O. Douglas

There may be thousands of principles of Marxism, but in the final analysis they can be summed up in one sentence: Rebellion…

— Mao Zedong

Great revolutions are the work rather of principles than of bayonets, and are achieved first in the moral, and afterwards in the…

— Giuseppe Mazzini

Active citizenship begins with an envisioning of the desired outcome and a conscious application of spiritual principles.

— Dennis Kucinich

Transition is one of the hardest times for defenses to pick up on guys and to match up and play through their…

— Alex Caruso

Christianity, by introducing into Europe the truest principles of humanity, universal benevolence, and brotherly love, had happily abolished civil slavery. Let us…

— Richard Henry Lee

Such is my veneration for every religion that reveals the attributes of the Deity, or a future state of rewards and punishments,…

— Benjamin Rush

Prohibition... goes beyond the bounds of reason in that it attempts to control a man's appetite by legislation and makes a crime…

— Abraham Lincoln

The personal power that comes from principle-centered living is the power of a self-aware, knowledgeable, proactive individual, unrestricted by the attitudes, behaviors,…

— Stephen Covey

An uniformity of weights and measures, arranged upon mathematical principles, would be a benefit to the whole commercial world, if it were…

— Jean-Baptiste Say

What I do say is, that no man is good enough to govern another man, without that other's consent. I say this…

— Abraham Lincoln

If . . . a principle of true Religion [i.e., true Christianity] should . . . gain ground, there is no estimating…

— William Wilberforce

We who hold his (Wolfe Tone) principles believe that any movement which would successfully grapple with the problem of national freedom must…

— James Connolly

Try not to be concerned with it. It's a spiritual thing. Don't look for the results, don't live in the payoff. Live…

— Anthony Hopkins

For Texas, a wise and prudent administration in the commencement of her national existence will be universally expected, imposing upon me the…

— Sam Houston

As for geoengineering, there have been serious general critiques that I think cannot be ignored, like Clive Hamilton's, along with many positive…

— Noam Chomsky

The final moment of success is often no more thrilling than taking off a heavy backpack at the end of a long…

— Jonathan Haidt

There is nothing so American as our national parks. The scenery and the wildlife are native. The fundamental idea behind the parks…

— Franklin D. Roosevelt

They act as they please: here and there, they use force against sovereign states, building coalitions based on the principle 'If you…

— Vladimir Putin

“13 core principles of managing: 1. Make a personal connection first; everything else follows. 2. There is only one team rule. (Respect…

— Joe Maddon

People think of art and science as being fundamentally opposed to each other, because art is about celebrating individual human creativity, and…

— Vilayanur S. Ramachandran

Thanks to President Bush and Republican principles, businesses now have more confidence to hire workers.

— John Doolittle

Principles are only tools in the hands of God; they will soon be thrown away when they are no longer useful.

— Dietrich Bonhoeffer

We're in a fight for our principles and our first responsibility is to live by them.

— George W Bush

Take pleasure in your dreams; relish your principles and drape your purest feelings on the heart of a precious lover.

— Giotto di Bondone

I would never try to motivate anyone to follow me. I would motivate him to follow certain principles.

— Jim Brown

I guess if people all followed the basic principles of their own religions, they would love everybody instead of hating half the…

— Al Jaffee

I am a registered Democrat who is determined to return my party to the proletarian principles of the Franklin D. Roosevelt era.

— Camille Paglia

In a relationship the way to overcome problems, is to focus our attention on higher principles that can help us transcend them.

— Radhanath Swami

Hope, like faith, is a principle of action. It motivates and inspires. We do not sit in our armchairs and hope for…

— David S. Baxter

France built its best colony on a principle of exclusion, and failed; England reversed the system, and succeeded.

— Francis Parkman

Not a tenth of us who are in business are doing as well as we could if we merely followed the principles…

— William Feather

The original and brilliant idea of an MBA was the opportunity for students to study the theory and application of business and…

— Warren Bennis

Symmetry principles are principles governing the laws of nature that say those laws look the same if you change your point of…

— Steven Weinberg

First principle: never to let one's self be beaten down by persons or by events.

— Marie Curie

Do you expect, forsooth, that a mother will hand down to her children principles which differ from her own?

— Juvenal

The principle of recognition of evil under all its guises is at the basis of the true education of man.

— Boris Sidis