If there is a form of government, then, whose principle and foundation is virtue, will not every sober man acknowledge it better… — John Adams Copy Share Image
A government on the principles on which constitutional governments arising out of society are established, cannot have the right of altering itself.… — Thomas Paine Copy Share Image
Now what is Judge Douglas Popular Sovereignty? It is, as a principle, no other than that, if one man chooses to make… — Abraham Lincoln Copy Share Image
To me the special quality (which of course many men have as well) is first of all a sharpness, a clarityIt cuts… — Tenzin Palmo Copy Share Image
We strongly feel that our Constitution must be safeguarded. There should not be any dilution on the core values and principles that… — M. K. Stalin Copy Share Image
To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which… — Margaret Thatcher Copy Share Image
As a kid, you're starting to grow up and want more freedoms. But if you have people who are absorbing and adopting… — Mahershala Ali Copy Share Image
Courage is a value. My faith is the organizing principle in my life and what underpins my faith is courage and love,… — Brené Brown Copy Share Image
My greatest personal mistake is ever to allow a word or moment that “doesn’t count,” i.e., that I do not refer to… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
I believe that a life of integrity I the most fundamental source of personal worth. I do not agree with the popular… — Stephen Covey Copy Share Image
International order is not an evolution; it is an imposition. It is the domination of one vision over others- in this case,… — Robert Kagan Copy Share Image
I come out of the environment of the Deep South, where I had seen the millstone of racial discrimination weighting down my… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
(The terms douloi, banausoi and aristoi) are in a way more precise, but what is more vital and valuable, they are more… — Kenny Smith Copy Share Image
The cross stands as a mystery because it is foreign to everything we exalt- self over principle, power over meekness, the quick… — Ravi Zacharias Copy Share Image
God is utterly simple; for every composite being necessarily has a cause of its own composition, and so, since God is the… — Bernard Lonergan Copy Share Image
The metaphor ( coaching) with sports is meant quite seriously... the coach stands back , observes the performance, and provides guidance. The… — David Perkins Copy Share Image
There is no sphere in which a human being can be supposed to act where one mode of reasoning will not, in… — William Godwin Copy Share Image
I believe that the harm which Mill has done to the world by the passage in his book on Political Economy in… — Richard Cobden Copy Share Image
We are anxious because we do not know what roles to pursue, what principles for action to believe in. Our individual anxiety,… — Rollo May Copy Share Image
The issue of snacking is complicated. In principle, "grazing" is probably a good idea. It would even out the insulin spikes and… — Michael Pollan Copy Share Image
A better principle than this, that "the majority shall rule," is this other, that justice shall rule. "Justice," says the code of… — Christian Nestell Bovee Copy Share Image
To me this is the first principle of life, the foundational principle, and a lesson you can't learn at the feet of… — Joe Biden Copy Share Image
Sometimes (at least in principle) God might allow some evil because doing so will prevent a greater evil, and sometimes He might… — Greg Koukl Copy Share Image
The principles governing Western democracies, of which Israel rightly considers itself a part, are based on the assurance that everyone has a… — Edgar Bronfman, Sr Copy Share Image
The tendency of modern scientific teaching is to neglect the great books, to lay far too much stress upon relatively unimportant modern… — Ronald Fisher Copy Share Image
We've gone astray from first principles. We've lost sight of the rule that individual freedom and ingenuity are at the very core… — Ronald Reagan Copy Share Image
It is the basic principle of Marxism that any attempt to reconcile capital and labor so that they both co-operate in peace… — Fulton J. Sheen Copy Share Image
Segregation or separation is thus a basic principle of Biblical Law with respect to religion and morality. Every attempt to destroy this… — R.J. Rushdoony Copy Share Image
Properly measured, the average actively managed dollar must underperform the average passively managed dollar, net of costs. Empirical analyses that appear to… — William Forsyth Sharpe Copy Share Image
You can teach students how to work; you can teach them technique - how to use reason; you can even give them… — Ludwig Mies van der Rohe Copy Share Image
America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle. We as a people have such a purpose today.… — George H. W. Bush Copy Share Image
There is only one tactical principle which is not subject to change. It is to use the means at hand to inflict… — George S. Patton Copy Share Image
Christian principles are, admittedly, stricter than the others; but then we think you will get help towards obeying them which you will… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
People can be unreliable and disloyal; possessions can lose their value; jobs that once stimulated you can become boring. But principles remain… — Nido R Qubein Copy Share Image
Infantile love follows the principle: "I love because I am loved." Mature love follows the principle: "I am loved because I love."… — Erich Fromm Copy Share Image
In some cases, lack of full knowledge or holistic view, that is also part of the problem. But mainly lack of moral… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
We can either have a free Parliament or a free people. Personal freedom requires that all authority is restrained by long-run principles… — Friedrich August von Hayek Copy Share Image
The difference between mind and brain is that brain deals only with memorized, subjective, special-case experiences and objective experiments, while mind extracts… — R. Buckminster Fuller Copy Share Image
In the early centuries of Islam, the great schools of Islamic jurisprudence were built upon the above principles. Basic to all their… — Aly Khan Copy Share Image
My father taught me many important giving lessons, but two stand out. First, always give as much as you possibly can. And… — Laura Arrillaga-Andreessen Copy Share Image
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