There is nothing as dangerous as an unembodied principle: no matter what blood flows, the principle comes first. The First Amendment absolutists… — Andrea Dworkin Copy Share Image
I believe that freedom is a gift from an Almighty to every man, woman, and child; that is a principle that was… — George W. Bush Copy Share Image
“The goal of gospel teaching... is not to 'pour information' into the minds of class members... The aim is to inspire the… — Thomas S. Monson Copy Share Image
Since 1787 the principle of freedom of religion has been attacked but never overthrown. Keeping education in the United States free of… — Joseph Leon Blau Copy Share Image
Propriety is that perfection of style which comes when a work is authoritatively constructed on approved principles. It arises from prescription, from… — Marcus Vitruvius Pollio Copy Share Image
Logicians may reason about abstractions. But the great mass of men must have images. The strong tendency of the multitude in all… — Thomas B. Macaulay Copy Share Image
This principle of nature being very remote from the conceptions of Philosophers, I forbore to describe it in that book, least I… — Isaac Newton Copy Share Image
The most general law in nature is equity-the principle of balance and symmetry which guides the growth of forms along the lines… — Herbert Read Copy Share Image
It is important that Miers not be confirmed unless, in her 61st year, she suddenly and unexpectedly is found to have hitherto… — George Will Copy Share Image
The basis of self-ownership is the fact that each person has direct control over the scarce resource of his body and therefore… — Stephan Kinsella Copy Share Image
What are we going to get out of life? This can understandably be a question of fundamental importance to us. We begin… — John Templeton Copy Share Image
The free world has need that its foreign policies should fairly measure the realities of the world in which we live. There… — Anthony Eden Copy Share Image
All things are in flux; the flux is subject to a unifying measure or rational principle. This principle (logos, the hidden harmony… — Heraclitus Copy Share Image
“If you held to principle so passionately, so inflexibly, indifferent in the particulars of circumstance - the full range of what human… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
“Who then was the orthodox, who the freethinker? Where lay the true position, the true state of man? Should he descend into… — Thomas Mann Copy Share Image
Sometimes that irrational commitment to principle is what society needs to survive. Whenever you talk about radicalism, whenever you talk about activism,… — Edward Snowden Copy Share Image
An inequality of property is the root and foundation of innumerable evils; it tends to derision, and to keep asunder the social… — Orson Pratt Copy Share Image
There is nothing training cannot do. Nothing is above its reach. It can turn bad morals to good; it can destroy bad… — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
True leadership is moral authority, not formal authority. Leadership is a choice, not a position. The choice is to follow universal timeless… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
The only principles of public conduct that are worthy of a gentleman or a man are to sacrifice estate, ease, health, and… — James Otis Copy Share Image
The principles of my works... are the extinction of expression, permanent covering and contemplative tranquillity... My ideal is the completely dark picture,… — Arnulf Rainer Copy Share Image
As we look for humor, seek for the eternal perspective, understnd the principle of compensation, and draw near to our Heavenly Father,… — Joseph B. Wirthlin Copy Share Image
Even in this secular country, the threat posed by religious fundamentalists is never very far away. Every major religious text exhorts the… — Andrew Bernstein Copy Share Image
I follow a set of principles; I follow the Constitution. And that's what I base my votes on. Limited government, economic freedom,… — Justin Amash Copy Share Image
Transmission of documents via telephone wires is possible in principle, but the apparatus required is so expensive that it will never become… — Dennis Gabor Copy Share Image
Ignoring platforms that have gained critical mass is a great way to look slow and out-of-touch. Do not cling to nostalgia. Do… — Gary Vaynerchuk Copy Share Image
It is necessary to bear in mind that Scripture only teaches the chief points of those true principles which lead to the… — Maimonides Copy Share Image
In order every one in our homeland learns principles of democracy and the peaceful transition of power, and in order to stabilize… — Ali Abdullah Saleh Copy Share Image
The love for work needs to be re-enthroned in our lives. Every family should have a plan for work that touches the… — M. Russell Ballard Copy Share Image
I would inquire of reasonable persons whether this principle: Matter is naturally wholly incapable of thought, and this other: I think, therefore… — Blaise Pascal Copy Share Image
It is today an accepted principle of golfing architecture that the tiger should be teased and trapped and tested, while the rabbit… — Bernard Darwin Copy Share Image
Comedians are like pop bands. When you're young, you have ruddy principles and don't do old stuff because you don't want to… — Harry Enfield Copy Share Image
If we analyse the supernova data by assuming the Copernican principle is correct and get out something unphysical, I think we should… — George F. R. Ellis Copy Share Image
Very few people can communicate with one another. The only language that's not subject to interpretation is mathematics, chemistry, basic science, engineering… — Jacque Fresco Copy Share Image
A man of rare common sense and directness of speech, as of action; a transcendentalist above all, a man of ideas and… — Henry David Thoreau Copy Share Image
While it is important to be aware of and sensitive to cultural differences when conducting business internationally, the principles of transparency, trust,… — Dan Quayle Copy Share Image
The very idea of law originates in men's natural rights. There is no other standard, than natural rights, by which civil law… — Lysander Spooner Copy Share Image
The world is a very dangerous place. But the world is not too dangerous of a place for the United States of… — Martin O'Malley Copy Share Image
Conservatives are driven and inspired by principles, not personalities. We therefore seek consistency with our elected officials. To the extent that they… — Chris McDaniel Copy Share Image
Breath is life, and the intermingling of breaths is the purpose of good living. This is in essence the great principle on… — Paula Gunn Allen Copy Share Image
