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title: "5 Unchanging Principles Quotes by 3 authors"
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> [There rise authors now and then, who seem proof against the mutability of language, because they have rooted themselves in the unchanging…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/washington-irving/there-rise-authors-now-and-then-who-seem-proof-against-the-mutability/)

[Washington Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/washington-irving/)

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> [We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/we-must-adjust-to-changing-times-and-still-hold-to-unchanging/)

[Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/)

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> ["Adjust to changing times but sticking to unchanging principles" - committing me and all Americans to real ideals of justice and truth,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jimmy-carter/adjust-to-changing-times-but-sticking-to-unchanging-principles/)

[Jimmy Carter](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jimmy-carter/)

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> [“Truth is unchanging. The principles of morality are unchanging. The human essence is unchanging. Therefore there is no hope of a New…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/peter-kreeft/truth-is-unchanging-the-principles-of-morality-are-unchanging-the/)

[Peter Kreeft](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/peter-kreeft/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/31d/peter-kreeft-820_brave-new-world_truth-is-unchanging-the-principles-of-mo_2576657.png)

> [There rise authors now and then, who seem proof against the mutability of language, because they have rooted themselves in the unchanging…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/washington-irving/there-rise-authors-now-and-then-who-seem-proof-against-the-mutability-2/)

[Washington Irving](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/washington-irving/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0e5/washington-irving-1386_books_there-rise-authors-now-and-then-who-seem_2650636.png)

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