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title: "24 Founding Principles Quotes by 22 authors"
description: "Browse 24 Founding Principles quotes by 22 authors. Discover the best Founding Principles sayings and thoughts."
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> [Discrimination based on one's religion goes directly against our founding principles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/abigail-spanberger/discrimination-based-on-one-s-religion-goes-directly-against-our/)

[Abigail Spanberger](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/abigail-spanberger/)

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> [We will not try to replace our founding principles, we will reapply our founding principles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-ryan/we-will-not-try-to-replace-our-founding-principles-we-will-reapply/)

[Paul Ryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-ryan/)

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> [Predictions of a disappearing political center are a warning of a bleak future that we can avoid only by adhering to our…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/susan-collins/predictions-of-a-disappearing-political-center-are-a-warning-of-a/)

[Susan Collins](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/susan-collins/)

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> [It is time to let America be America again. To return freedom to the people. To stand on our founding principles and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rick-perry/it-is-time-to-let-america-be-america-again-to-return-freedom-to-the/)

[Rick Perry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rick-perry/)

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> [Conservatism is the antidote to tyranny precisely because its principles are the founding principles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-levin/conservatism-is-the-antidote-to-tyranny-precisely-because-its/)

[Mark Levin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-levin/)

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> [True religion, like our founding principles, requires that the rights of the disbeliever be equally acknowledged with those of the believer.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/a-powell-davies/true-religion-like-our-founding-principles-requires-that-the-rights/)

[A. Powell Davies](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/a-powell-davies/)

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> [For we have always understood that when times change, so must we, that fidelity to our founding principles requires new responses to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/barack-obama/for-we-have-always-understood-that-when-times-change-so-must-we-that/)

[Barack Obama](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/barack-obama/)

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> [I can say-not as a patriotic bromide, but with full knowledge of the necessary metaphysical, epistemological , ethical, political and esthetic roots-that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ayn-rand/i-can-say-not-as-a-patriotic-bromide-but-with-full-knowledge-of-the/)

[Ayn Rand](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ayn-rand/)

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> [A good place to start is with the kids ... One of the great founding principles of our country was that children…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eric-cantor/a-good-place-to-start-is-with-the-kids-one-of-the-great-founding/)

[Eric Cantor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eric-cantor/)

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> [“Hence the American heritage and founding principles must be thrust aside if there is to be human progress. They are dismissed as…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-r-levin/hence-the-american-heritage-and-founding-principles-must-be-thrust/)

[Mark R. Levin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-r-levin/)

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> [“The danger of rejecting America’s founding principles is illustrated best in this instance by Wilson himself. As is well documented, Wilson was…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-r-levin/the-danger-of-rejecting-america-s-founding-principles-is-illustrated/)

[Mark R. Levin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-r-levin/)

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> [The perfection of our union, especially our commitment to equality of opportunity, has been a story of constant striving to live up…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/paul-ryan/the-perfection-of-our-union-especially-our-commitment-to-equality-of/)

[Paul Ryan](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/paul-ryan/)

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> [The NHS and its founding principles are, to me, paramount and my job as the Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/humza-yousaf/the-nhs-and-its-founding-principles-are-to-me-paramount-and-my-job-as/)

[Humza Yousaf](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/humza-yousaf/)

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> [In so many areas, it is critical to our Nation's future that we restore and preserve in their full vigor our Founding…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/william-barr/in-so-many-areas-it-is-critical-to-our-nation-s-future-that-we/)

[William Barr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/william-barr/)

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> [The intensive and concerted effort to exclude references to religion or God from public places is an attack on our founding principles.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/the-intensive-and-concerted-effort-to-exclude-references-to-religion/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [Americans who believe their government should not be a giant ATM, dispensing money and benefits to people who have not earned them,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cal-thomas/americans-who-believe-their-government-should-not-be-a-giant-atm/)

[Cal Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cal-thomas/)

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> [Find that thing you are super passionate about. A lot of founding principles of Facebook are that if people have access to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-zuckerberg/find-that-thing-you-are-super-passionate-about-a-lot-of-founding/)

[Mark Zuckerberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-zuckerberg/)

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> [Despite our founding principles and the many ways our constitution has protected individual liberties, we do, let's admit it, have a long…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hillary-clinton/despite-our-founding-principles-and-the-many-ways-our-constitution/)

[Hillary Clinton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hillary-clinton/)

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> [Puerto Rican independence movement wasn't just rooted in some sort of personal intransigence or some passionate Latino temperament. It was rooted in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/nelson-antonio-denis/puerto-rican-independence-movement-wasn-t-just-rooted-in-some-sort-of/)

[Nelson Antonio Denis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/nelson-antonio-denis/)

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> [The American dream comes from opportunity. The opportunity comes from our founding principles, our core values that's held together and protected by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-yoho/the-american-dream-comes-from-opportunity-the-opportunity-comes-from/)

[Ted Yoho](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-yoho/)

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> [Obviously, the United States' own founding principles are self-determination. And I think what the United States and our allies want to do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/rex-w-tillerson/obviously-the-united-states-own-founding-principles-are-self/)

[Rex W. Tillerson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/rex-w-tillerson/)

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> [In a nation as dynamic and diverse as the United States, what makes us great is that our founding principles are rooted…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ted-lieu/in-a-nation-as-dynamic-and-diverse-as-the-united-states-what-makes-us/)

[Ted Lieu](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ted-lieu/)

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> [When I think of civil liberties I think of the founding principles of the country. The freedoms that are in the First…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tim-cook/when-i-think-of-civil-liberties-i-think-of-the-founding-principles-of/)

[Tim Cook](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tim-cook/)

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> [I think that when you look at our founding principles, it was based on America as a nation committed to universal human…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ro-khanna/i-think-that-when-you-look-at-our-founding-principles-it-was-based-on/)

[Ro Khanna](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ro-khanna/)

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