Principles Quotes · Page 70

Placing the state in charge of moral principles is equivalent to putting the proverbial fox in charge of the chicken coop.

— Murray Rothbard

There should be some commonsense principles that will assure the American public that their rights are going to be protected online.

— Ro Khanna

“An industrious mother is an initiator of a good course; always charting new course for her loved ones.”

— Agu Jaachynma N.E

One of the principles of nonviolence is that you leave your opponents whole and better off than you found them.

— Andrew Young

The principle question before us is not, do we comprehend the atonement, but, do we accept it.

— George Q. Morris

Democratism and its allied herd movements, while remaining loyal to the principle of equality and identity, will never hesitate to sacrifice liberty.

— Erik von Kuehnelt-Leddihn

In all primary school work the principle of multiple impressions is well recognized.

— William James

Separation of church and state cannot mean an absolute separation between moral principles and political power.

— Edward Kennedy

In terms of the principles of politics, I think I understand well. Thailand needs someone who has leadership, who has the management…

— Yingluck Shinawatra

First, we must continually reaffirm the principle that the security of the United States is not, and should never be, a partisan…

— William Cohen

It is fairly easy to grasp abstract moral principles; it can be very difficult to apply them to a given situation, particularly…

— Ayn Rand

Baptists have long upheld the ideal of a free church in a free state. And from the beginning, they believed that forcing…

— George W. Bush

Synchronizing mind and body is not a concept or a random technique someone thought up for self-improvement. Rather, it is a basic…

— Chogyam Trungpa

Let it be ours to be self-reliant amidst hosts of the vacillating — real in a generation of triflers — true amongst…

— William Morley Punshon

If tolerance is taken to the point where it tolerates the destruction of those same principles that made tolerance possible in the…

— Gaetano Mosca

I draw my idea of the form of government from a principle in nature, which no art can overturn, viz. that the…

— Thomas Paine

The inconsistency of the institution of domestic slavery with the principles of the Declaration of Independence was seen and lamented . .…

— John Quincy Adams

Warren Buffett is right when he says you should invest as if the market is going to be closed for the next…

— Seth Klarman

Innovation doesn't come from one big thing, it comes from a piece at a time, from combining existing technology. We have in…

— Charles Koch

The essence of motherhood is not restricted to women who have given birth; it is a principle inherent in both women and…

— Mata Amritanandamayi

Get-rich-quick thinking leads to three basic errors: (1) Getting involved with things you cannot understand; (2) Risking funds you cannot afford to…

— Larry Burkett

If, on a full and final review, my life and practice shall be found unworthy of my principles, let due infamy be…

— Horace Greeley

We inherited these principles and these freedoms and we here highly resolve that we shall pass them on, as we will pass…

— Christopher Hitchens

I am one of those who believe that there is no permanent home for even a section of the Bantu in the…

— P. W. Botha

One of the greatest of all principles is that men can do what they think they can do.

— Norman Vincent Peale

Well, our friend Dirac, too, has a religion, and its guiding principle is: 'There is no God and Dirac is His prophet.'

— Wolfgang Pauli

The declaration which says that God visits the sins of the fathers upon the children is contrary to every principle of moral…

— Thomas Paine

Emancipation is the demand of civilization. That is a principle; everything else is an intrigue.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

No true civilization can be expected permanently to continue which is not based on the great principles of Christianity.

— Tryon Edwards

As the Constitution endures, persons in every generation can invoke its principles in their own search for greater freedom.

— Anthony Kennedy

I've laid down my set of principles, so I will not force government-run health care on anyone.

— Mike Ross

This principle that judges are not politicians lies at the very heart of a judicial job - of the judicial job description.

— Orrin Hatch

When at last in a race a new principle appears, an idea--that conserves it; ideas only save races.

— Ralph Waldo Emerson

[One] principle that actuated the lives of the fathers who founded our Constitution was faith in God.

— David O. McKay

Conservatives have the advantage of knowing how to debate each other on issues, principles, and priorities, and that is where they should…

— Tom Tancredo

Happiness and freedom begin with a clear understanding of one principle: Some things are within our control, and some things are not.

— Epictetus

I have too many responsibilities and principles. There's no time for 'guilty' pleasures.

— A. R. Rahman

No matter what the issue is, conservative principles are always better for people than big-government, liberal principles.

— Andrew Scheer

Surround yourself with human beings, my dear James. They are easier to fight for than principles.

— Ian Fleming

I must begin with a good body of facts and not from a principle (in which I always suspect some fallacy) and…

— Charles Darwin