"Self-preservation is the first principle of our nature." — Alexander Hamilton

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• While the soul is in mortal sin, nothing can profit it; none of its good works merit an eternal reward,… — Teresa of Avila
• The first principle of freedom is the right to go to hell in your own handbasket. — Robert A. Heinlein
• The first principle of success is desire - knowing what you want. Desire is the planting of your seed. — Robert Collier
• Tolerance is the first principle of community; it is the spirit which conserves the best that all men think. — Helen Keller
• The first principle of self-love is that you are not for sale. — Harbhajan Singh Yogi
• Note that charity is given only to those who seek it, only to those who earnestly pray for it, only… — Joseph B. Wirthlin
• The first principle of architectural beauty is that the essential lines of a construction be determined by a perfect appropriateness… — Gustave Eiffel
• To take from one because it is thought that his own industry and that of his father's has acquired too… — Thomas Jefferson
• Fasting is the first principle of medicine. — Rumi
• The first principle of ethical power is Purpose. By purpose, I don't mean your objective or intention-something toward which you… — Stephen Covey
• First principle: never to let one's self be beaten down by persons or by events. — Marie Curie
• It is not the principled partisan, however obnoxious he may seem to his opponents, who degrades our public debate, but… — Tom DeLay

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