Knowing how things work reduces the effort. This is the…

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 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

“Plus, if I can wax philosophical for a paragraph, there's an even more fundamental principle involved here, and it apples to everything from what…

— James Patterson

The fundamental principle of Christianity is to be what God is, and he is light.

— John Hagee

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

— Boris Sidis

Thanks to former President George W. Bush - remember the compassionate conservative? - I have a good name for the fundamental principle that should…

— Christina Romer

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality.

— Albert Schweitzer

Slavery is perhaps the greatest affront to the fundamental principle of individual liberty.

— Ed Davey

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

The most fundamental principle of the law is that it must apply equally to everyone.

— Julia Hartley-Brewer

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

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