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title: "6 Unprincipled Quotes by 6 authors"
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> [If there is any hell more unprincipled than our rulers, and we, the ruled, I feel curious to see it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/henry-david-thoreau/if-there-is-any-hell-more-unprincipled-than-our-rulers-and-we-the/)

[Henry David Thoreau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/henry-david-thoreau/)

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> [“Those then, who resist a confirmation of public order, are the true Artificers of monarchy—not that this is the intention of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alexander-hamilton/those-then-who-resist-a-confirmation-of-public-order-are-the-true/)

[Alexander Hamilton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alexander-hamilton/)

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> [“By this unprincipled facility of changing the state as often, and as much, and in as many ways, as there are floating…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mark-r-levin/by-this-unprincipled-facility-of-changing-the-state-as-often-and-as-2/)

[Mark R. Levin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mark-r-levin/)

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> [“Most priests wish they were as righteous as they seem to most members of their congregations.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/mokokoma-mokhonoana/most-priests-wish-they-were-as-righteous-as-they-seem-to-most-members/)

[Mokokoma Mokhonoana](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/mokokoma-mokhonoana/)

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> [He who has once made himself notorious as utterly unprincipled, is not credited even when he speaks the truth.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/periander/he-who-has-once-made-himself-notorious-as-utterly-unprincipled-is-not/)

[Periander](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/periander/)

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> [Unprincipled success is superlative failure.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jchenry/unprincipled-success-is-superlative-failure/)

[JCHenry](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jchenry/)

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