How often have we seen politicians take a principle position only to give it up three days later? That is what makes… — Colin Powell Copy Share Image
The most basic principle to being a free American is the notion that we as individuals are responsible for our own lives… — Ron Paul Copy Share Image
I am a radical in thought (and principle) and a conservative in method (and conduct). — Rutherford B. Hayes Copy Share Image
The power which works through the formative principles of every religion in every country is manifested in the forms of religion. . . — Swami Vivekananda Copy Share Image
The health of our waters is the principle measure of how we live on the land. — Luna Leopold Copy Share Image
General principles... are to the facts as the root and sap of a tree to its leaves. — Samuel Taylor Coleridge Copy Share Image
An anarchist society, far from being a remote ideal, has become a precondition for the practice of ecological principles. — Murray Bookchin Copy Share Image
Wall Street has a few prudent principles; the trouble is that they are always forgotten when they are most needed. — Benjamin Graham Copy Share Image
Society is organized on the principle that any individual who possesses certain social characteristics has a moral right to expect that others… — Erving Goffman Copy Share Image
Learn the principle, abide by the principle, and dissolve the principle. In short, enter a mold without being caged in it. Obey… — Bruce Lee Copy Share Image
American universities are organized on the principle of the nuclear rather than the extended family. Graduate students are grimly trained to be… — Camille Paglia Copy Share Image
Let a ruler base his government upon virtuous principles, and he will be like the pole-star, which remains steadfast in its place,… — Confucius Copy Share Image
It was Steinitz who was the first to establish the basic principles of general chess strategy. He was a pioneer and one… — Jose Raul Capablanca Copy Share Image
Revolutionary men with principles were not really different from the rest. They used their cleverness to get, in return for principles, what… — Nawal El Saadawi Copy Share Image
More significant than the fact that poets write abstrusely, painters paint abstractly, and composers compose unintelligible music is that people should admire… — Eric Hoffer Copy Share Image
The law of the fast benefits both those who fast and those who stand in need. . . . In addition to… — Victor L. Brown Copy Share Image
Wheeler hopes that we can discover, within the context of physics, a principle that will enable the universe to come into existence… — Paul Davies Copy Share Image
Science regards man as an aggregation of atoms temporarily united by a mysterious force called the life-principle. To the materialist the only… — H. P. Blavatsky Copy Share Image
Art breaks open a dimension inaccessible to other experience, a dimension in which human beings, nature, and things no longer stand under… — Herbert Marcuse Copy Share Image
For as long as I can remember, I have been inspired by the achievement of our founding fathers. They set forth principles… — Sonia Sotomayor Copy Share Image
Of course, in the reality of history, the Machiavellian view which glorifies the principle of violence has been able to dominate.Not the… — Stefan Zweig Copy Share Image
When I left my home within society to live amongst the Grizzly's I went there so that I could sacrifice myself to… — Timothy Treadwell Copy Share Image
Some of my colleagues who are criticized today for lack of forthright principles-or who are looked upon with scorn as compromising "politicians"-are… — John F. Kennedy Copy Share Image
Capitalist exploitation and cartels and monopolies are the enemies of underdeveloped countries. On the other hand a regime which is completely oriented… — Frantz Fanon Copy Share Image
I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times. — Everett Dirksen Copy Share Image
Far from being a psychological trait, the spirit of revenge is the principle on which our whole psychology depends. — Gilles Deleuze Copy Share Image
There also appears to be another element in the soul, which, though irrational, yet in a manner participates in rational principle. — Aristotle Copy Share Image
It is extremely unfortunate that an editor's own life and practice should be notoriously at variance with his written principles. — Victoria Woodhull Copy Share Image
Determine your own worth instead of letting others do it for you. They'll short-change you! — Melania Copy Share Image
It is now a documented principle of psychology that human beings subconsciously move in the direction of their most dominant thought. — Napoleon Hill Copy Share Image
We should not live by Darwinian principles. But Darwin explains how we got here. — Richard Dawkins Copy Share Image
The whole duty of man is embraced in the two principles of abstinence and patience: temperance in prosperity, and patient courage in… — Seneca the Younger Copy Share Image
Far from being antecedent principles that animate the process, law, language, truth are but abstract names for its results. — William James Copy Share Image
I do think that even if the average person doesn't care, it IS a big deal. Like, it's been a foundational principle… — Christopher Michael Cillizza Copy Share Image
I think that the problem of the American negro goes beyond the principle of any organization whether it's a religious, political, or… — Malcolm X Copy Share Image
“It is only when we meet the needs of the people around us that God meets our needs” — Sunday Adelaja Copy Share Image
Stand up for your principles, but be a decent human being while you're doing it. — Rick Santorum Copy Share Image
Principle will, in... most... cases open the way for us to correct conclusion. — Thomas Jefferson Copy Share Image
I'm not a stickler for truth. To me, lying in poetry is much more fun. I'm against lying in life, in principle,… — Charles Simic Copy Share Image
Pledge allegiance to your principles, your family, your faith, but don't be foolish enough to pledge allegiance to a gang of thieves. — Llewellyn Rockwell Copy Share Image
