Principle Quotes

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Under capitalism, we can't have democracy by definition. Capitalism is a system in which the central institutions of society are in principle under autocratic control. — Noam Chomsky
It is here we come to the heart of the matter. The economic principle of comparative advantage', 'a country may, in return for manufactured commodities,… — David Ricardo
Thousands of important and intelligent men have never been able to grasp the principle of comparative advantage or believe it even after it was explained… — Paul Samuelson
Parliamentary government is simply a mild and disguised form of compulsion. We agree to try strength by counting heads instead of breaking heads, but the… — James Fitzjames Stephen
The Bush Administration do have moral values. Their moral values are very explicit: shine the boots of the rich and the powerful, kick everybody else… — Noam Chomsky
The first issue to be settled is whether socialism has a right to exist. Are its allegations concerning the present system true? Is industry proceeding… — John Bates Clark
The principle is competing against yourself. — Steve Young
Adopting a central organizing principle means embarking on an all-out effort to use every policy and program, every law and institution, to halt the destruction… — Al Gore
[It is a basic principle of a tyrant] to unarm his people of weapons, money and all means whereby they resist his power. — Walter Raleigh
We've got to take back the ideal of justice, we've got to take back this principle of human dignity. We've got to take it back… — Unknown Author
Democracy is based on the majority principle. This is especially true in a country such as ours where the vast majority have been systematically denied… — Nelson Mandela
The United States was founded on the idea that all people are endowed with inalienable rights, and that principle has allowed us to work to… — Barack Obama
[The original development of the Spinning Mule was a] continual endeavour to realise a more perfect principle of spinning; and though often baffled, I as… — Samuel Crompton
Grace is the good pleasure of God that inclines him to bestow benefits upon the undeserving. It is a self-existent principle inherent in the divine… — Aiden Wilson Tozer
We applied a very simple principle: Recognize the facts. Abortion is old as the world. Gay marriage, please - it's older than the world. We… — Jose Mujica
In selecting men for office, let principle be your guide. Regard not the particular sect or denomination of the candidate-look to his character. — Noah Webster
Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed. — DeForest Soaries
Then came the second Amsterdam discovery, although the principle was known elsewhere. Bank deposits...did not need to be left idly in the bank. They could… — John Kenneth Galbraith
The characteristic feature of capitalism that distinguishes it from pre-capitalist methods of production was its new principle of marketing. Capitalism is not simply mass production,… — Ludwig von Mises
Look through the whole history of countries professing the Romish religion, and you will uniformly find the leaven of this besetting and accursed principle of… — Samuel Taylor Coleridge
The old Catholic church traditions are worth more than all you have said. Here is a principle of logic that most men have no more… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
The principle difference between heaven and hell is the company you keep there. — Lois McMaster Bujold
Mahatma Gandhi was a man of peace and non-violence and lived by the Hindu principle of ahimsa, action based on refusal to do harm. As… — Kevin Martin
The Nuremberg Trial of the German war criminals was tacitly based on the recognition of the principle: criminal actions cannot be excused if committed on… — Albert Einstein
The steady character of our countrymen is a rock to which we may safely moor; and notwithstanding the efforts of the papers to disseminate early… — Thomas Jefferson

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