Country Quote by Barbara Jordan

Principles-and I have in mind such principles as states' rights or national sovereignty or the free market or pacifism-have a way of drying up…

— Max Lerner

Principles don't die. They aren't here one day and gone the next. They can't be destroyed by fire, earthquake or theft. Principles are deep,…

— Stephen Covey

Principles only mean something if you stick by them when they are inconvenient.

— Simi Ngr

Principles have a way of enduring, as do the few irreducible individuals who maintain allegiance to them.

— Christopher Hitchens

Principles aren't something you hear much from politicians these days. Have you noticed? Right across the board, leaders, whatever the political coloring, avoid talking…

— Vanessa Redgrave

While we should never give up our principles, we must also realize that we cannot maintain our principles unless we survive.

— Henry A. Kissinger

That the people have an original right to establish, for their future government, such principles as, in their opinion, shall most conduce to their…

— John Marshall

In politics there are no principles, just opportunities

— Bill Press

Principles don't mean anything until they cost you something.

— Laura Schlessinger

Ideology knows the answer before the question has been asked. Principles are something different: a set of values that have to be adapted to…

— George Packer

There are loads of good principles we've lost as a nation. Discipline. Organisation. Respect. I was brought up with those.

— Tony Pulis

In the rush for justice it is important not to lose sight of principles the country holds dear.

— Kofi Annan