Fundamentally, Buddhism is for the awakenment and benefit…

The Fundamental Principle that governs - or ought to govern -human affairs if we wish to avoid misunderstandings, conflicts, or pointless utopias, is negotiation.

— Umberto Eco

The fundamental principle is that no battle, combat, or skirmish is to be fought unless it will be won.

— Che Guevara

In the most civilized and progressive countries freedom of discussion is recognized as a fundamental principle.

— C. E. M. Joad

This is an eternal and fundamental principle, inherent in all things, in every system of philosophy, in every religion, and in every science. There…

— Charles F. Haanel

I believe the declaration that ‘all men are created equal’ is the great fundamental principle upon which our free institutions rest.

— Abraham Lincoln

The fundamental principle of our constitution ... enjoins the sense of command, duty that the will of the majority shall prevail.

— George Washington

Another fundamental principle taught by the Law of Moses is this: Wrong cannot be ascribed to God in any way whatever; all evils and…

— Maimonides

The fundamental principle of human action, the law, that is to political economy what the law of gravitation is to physics is that men…

— Henry George

The fundamental principle of science, the definition almost, is this: the sole test of the validity of any idea is experiment.

— Richard P. Feynman

Mental synthesis of psychic content in the unity of a moment-consciousness is a fundamental principle of psychology.

— Boris Sidis

It is clear that the main tenet of socialism, community of goods, must be utterly rejected, since it only injures those whom it would…

— Pope Leo XIII

Friendship is the grand fundamental principle of Mormonism

— Joseph Smith, Jr

What is the structure of government that will best guard against the precipitate counsels and factious combinations for unjust purposes, without a sacrifice of…

— James Madison

There is a fundamental principle. People have the right to defend their country from foreign occupiers, and people have the right to defend their…

— Norman Finkelstein

I am willing to take any measures when it comes to the fundamental principle of human rights.

— Ban Ki-moon