The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good. — John Locke Copy Share Image
Opinion, whether well or ill-founded, is the governing principle of human affairs — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
I am willing to take any measures when it comes to the fundamental principle of human rights. — Ban Ki-moon Copy Share Image
... the main principle by which human beings must guide the future course of their development is love. — Ashley Montagu Copy Share Image
The principle that human nature, in its psychological aspects, is nothing more than a product of history and given social relations removes… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
A well-known principle of human behavior says that when we ask someone to do us a favor we will be more successful… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Pride of origin, whether high or low, springs from the same principle in human nature; one is but the positive, the other… — James Russell Lowell Copy Share Image
Skepticism rather than credulity is the highest principle that the human intellect can use to ennoble our existence. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
The fundamental principle of human action, the law, that is to political economy what the law of gravitation is to physics is… — Henry George Copy Share Image
We, all of us, could do a much better job of evoking what someone has called the universal principle of human altruism:… — Bart Starr Copy Share Image
It is a general principle of human nature, that a man will be interested in whatever he possesses, in proportion to the… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
It is a general principle of human nature, that a man will be interested in whatever he possesses, in proportion to the… — Alexander Hamilton Copy Share Image
“A general principle of human behavior is that it’s easier for us to see something negative in other people than in ourselves.… — Gary Small Copy Share Image
We've got to take back the ideal of justice, we've got to take back this principle of human dignity. We've got to… — David Kaczynski Copy Share Image
“This parallel form of human automatic action is aptly demonstrated in an experiment by Harvard social psychologist Ellen Langer. A well-known principle… — Robert B. Cialdini Copy Share Image
