Principle Quotes

1947 Principle quotes by 1268 unique authors

Let us rededicate ourselves to the principle that all Americans have the tools to make the most of their God-given potential. For Indian tribes and… — William J. Clinton
Solidarity is based on the principle that we are willing to put ourselves at risk to protect each other. — Starhawk
So virtue is a purposive disposition, lying in a mean that is relative to us and determined by a rational principle, and by that which… — Aristotle
...virtue is not merely a state in conformity with the right principle, but one that implies the right principle; and the right principle in moral… — Aristotle
If a being suffers there can be no moral justification for refusing to take that suffering into consideration. No matter what the nature of the… — Peter Singer
Let us not forget that violence does not live alone and is not capable of living alone: it is necessarily interwoven with falsehood. Between them… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Those who keep the masses of men in subjection by exercising force and cruelty deprive them at once of two vital foods, liberty and obedience;… — Simone Weil
The first principle of ethical power is Purpose. By purpose, I don't mean your objective or intention-something toward which you are always striving. Purpose is… — Stephen Covey
Though anti-Semitism had been only one of several sources of Nazi voting strength, after 1933 Hitler placed anti-Semitic ideologues, the most important of whom were… — Unknown Author
Rise above principle and do what is right. — Unknown Author
Every man's reason is his own rightful umpire. This principle, with that of acquiescence in the will of the majority, will preserve us free and… — Thomas Jefferson
Solvency is maintained by means of a national debt, on the principle, If you will not lend me the money, how can I pay you? — Ralph Waldo Emerson
I strongly believe that a small Jewish clique which has contempt for the mass of Jewish people worked with non-Jews to create the First World… — David Icke
"Thinking about thinking" has to be a principle ingredient of any empowering practice of education. — Jerome Bruner
You will already have noticed how often Capablanca repeated moves, often returning to positions which he had had before. This is not lack of deciciveness… — Alexander Kotov
As I became aware that all things have unique spatial and temporal qualities which visually define and relate them, I began to perceive the things… — Wynn Bullock
It is the aim of the modern school, not to treat every position according to one general law, but according to the principle inherent in… — Richard Reti
Let no one charge me with ever having abused or encouraged weakness or surrendered on matters of principle. But I have said, as I say… — Mahatma Gandhi
A man cannot make him laugh; but that's no marvel; he drinks no wine.... If I had a thousand sons, the first human principle I… — William Shakespeare
Once a government is committed to the principle of silencing the voice of opposition, it has only one way to go, and that is down… — Harry S. Truman
If there is a bedrock principle underlying the First Amendment, it is that the government may not prohibit the expression of an idea simply because… — William J. Brennan
Whether it's Facebook or Google or the other companies, that basic principle that users should be able to see and control information about them that… — Eli Pariser
How anybody expects a man to stay in business with every two-bit wowser in the country claiming a veto over what we can say and… — Robert A. Heinlein
I think that we've had an economy that's been out of balance for too long. So the general principle of raising taxes on higher income… — Barack Obama
Those who won our independence believed that the final end of the state was to make men free to develop their faculties . . .… — Louis D. Brandeis

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