Principles Quotes · Page 95

Hitler understood the demagogues' essential principle to teach or persuade is far more difficult than to stir emotion.

— Tim Wu

In Lebanon, there was an agreement not to liquidate Yasser Arafat. In principle, I'm sorry that we didn't liquidate him.

— Ariel Sharon

A child... never takes time off as a child; time off does not begin until the principles of order have been accepted.

— Heinrich Böll

In principle, skeptics are neither closed-minded nor cynical. We are curious but cautious.

— Michael Shermer

You can compromise without violating your principles, but it is nearly impossible to compromise when you turn principles into ideology.

— Jamie Dimon

A society based on the freedom to choose is better than a society based on the principles of socialism, communism and coercion.

— Milton Friedman

“She's against it on principle, and life isn't run on principles but by adjustments”

— Margaret Atwood

I want to live out principles that became a part of my life in my 40s, 50s, and 60s. One principle is…

— George W. Bush

Pay attention, my young friends: to go against the current; this is good for the heart, but we need courage to swim…

— Pope Francis

I think it is appropriate that we pay tribute to this great constitutional principle which is enshrined in the First Amendment of…

— John F. Kennedy

The typical lawmaker of today is a man wholly devoid of principle - a mere counter in a grotesque and knavish game.…

— H. L. Mencken

There is a principle which is a bar against all information, which cannot fail to keep a man in everlasting ignorance-that principle…

— Herbert Spencer

It has been thought that the people are not competent electors of judges learned in the law. But I do not know…

— Thomas Jefferson

An army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man. Every enactment, every change of rule which impairs this…

— William Tecumseh Sherman

From the very start, I thought there were four key principles that the agency should focus on: driving private investment, driving innovation,…

— Julius Genachowski

The singing of our sacred hymns, written by the servants of God, has a powerful effect in converting people to the principles…

— Heber J. Grant

Prana, according to the Vedanta, is the principle of life. It is like ether, an omnipresent principle; and all motion, either in…

— Swami Vivekananda

By liberty of conscience, we understand not only a mere liberty of the mind, in believing or disbelieving this or that principle…

— William Penn

Don't ever quit. Never quit. Never show anybody you're hurt. Grin and walk through the cannon smoke. It will drive them up…

— James Lee Burke

Baptism by immersion for the remission of sins is an essential covenant to make with the Lord. Faith and repentance precede this…

— A. Theodore Tuttle

Does what's happened keep you from acting with justice, generosity, self-control, sanity, prudence, honesty, humility, straightforward ness, and all other qualities that…

— Marcus Aurelius

A libertarian is a person who believes that no one has the right, under any circumstances, to initiate force against another human…

— L. Neil Smith

India continues to be guided by the principles of being non-interfering, non-prescriptive, and non-judgemental. In other words, India remains ready to provide…

— Sushma Swaraj

“Children should be educated and instructed in the principles of freedom. Aristotle speaks plainly to this purpose, saying, 'that the institution of…

— John Adams

Miss Mills replied, on general principles, that the Cottage of content was better than the Palace of cold splendour, and that where…

— Charles Dickens

The highest principles for our aspirations and judgments are given to us in the Jewish-Christian religious tradition.

— Albert Einstein

Our country is great because it is built on principles of self-reliance, opportunity, innovation, and compassion for others.

— Ronald Reagan

“success in any endeavor is always derived from acting in harmony with the principles to which the success is tied.”

— Stephen R. Covey

The acceptance of vertical differentiation with the built-in principle of self-determination must apply on as many levels as possible.

— P. W. Botha

May those principles, which were so honorably and nobly defended, namely, the Constitution of our land, by our fathers, be established forever.

— Joseph Smith, Jr

Divide and Conquer. As long as some people have commanded the work of others, this has been management's basic principle.

— Peter Rachleff

Principles have a way of enduring, as do the few irreducible individuals who maintain allegiance to them.

— Christopher Hitchens

Know the difference between principles based on right or wrong vs. principles based on personal gain, and consider the basis of your…

— Marilyn vos Savant

One of the most important principles of success is developing the habit of going the extra mile.

— Napoleon Hill

We need to shift from an economic to a humanitarian organizing principle for human civilization. And women, en masse, should be saying…

— Marianne Williamson

I believe very firmly in the principle of free agency - people making their own decisions and doing what they think is…

— Mitt Romney

Well, sir, you never can tell. That's a principle in life with me, sir, if you'll excuse my having such a thing.

— George Bernard Shaw

Libertarian principles are very simple, but you can't violate any of them and still call yourself Libertarian.

— John McAfee

I could not comprehend the justice of that law, or that religion, which upholds or recognizes the principle of slavery;

— Solomon Northup

“Poverty has a way of taking the edge off principles. Hunger can blunt them altogether.”

— Paula Brackston