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title: "6 High Principle Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [A business of high principle generates greater drive and effectiveness because people know that they can do the right thing decisively and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marvin-bower/a-business-of-high-principle-generates-greater-drive-and/)

[Marvin Bower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marvin-bower/)

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> [Justice was revenge wrapping itself in a cloak of high principle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ivan-klima/justice-was-revenge-wrapping-itself-in-a-cloak-of-high-principle/)

[Ivan Klíma](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ivan-klima/)

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> [Never stand so high upon a principle that you cannot lower it to suit the circumstances.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/winston-churchill/never-stand-so-high-upon-a-principle-that-you-cannot-lower-it-to-suit/)

[Winston Churchill](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/winston-churchill/)

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> [The vast majority of politicians think they are functioning on high principle.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-e-brown-jr/the-vast-majority-of-politicians-think-they-are-functioning-on-high/)

[George E. Brown, Jr](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-e-brown-jr/)

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> [It is better to be defeated standing for a high principle than to run by committing subterfuge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/grover-cleveland/it-is-better-to-be-defeated-standing-for-a-high-principle-than-to-run/)

[Grover Cleveland](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/grover-cleveland/)

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> [A business of high principle attracts high-caliber people more easily, thereby gaining a basic competitive and profit edge.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/marvin-bower/a-business-of-high-principle-attracts-high-caliber-people-more-easily/)

[Marvin Bower](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/marvin-bower/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/3d1/marvin-bower-33734_business_a-business-of-high-principle-attracts-hi_3178972.jpg)

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