Principle Quotes

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What America needs is to hold to its ancient and well-charted course. Our country was conceived in the theory of local self-government. It has been… — Calvin Coolidge
Nations are beginning to look to some vague organization, some nebulous course of humanity, to pay their bills and tell them what to do. This… — Calvin Coolidge
A man that puts himself on the ground of moral principle, if the whole world be against him, is mightier than all of them. — Henry Ward Beecher
If it were to be asked, What is the most sacred duty and the greatest source of our security in a Republic? The answer would… — Alexander Hamilton
I join cordially in admiring and revering the Constitution of the United States, the result of the collected wisdom of our country. That wisdom has… — Thomas Jefferson
The local interest of a State ought in every case to give way to the interests of the Union. For when a sacrifice of one… — Alexander Hamilton
There is not a more important and fundamental principle in legislation, than that the ways and means ought always to face the public engagements; that… — James Madison
The true principle of government is this - make the system compleat in its structure; give a perfect proportion and balance to its parts; and… — Alexander Hamilton
It may be considered as an objection inherent in the principle, that as every appeal to the people would carry an implication of some defect… — James Madison
The Grecians and Romans were strongly possessed of the spirit of liberty but not the principle, for at the time they were determined not to… — Thomas Paine
Bills of attainder, ex-post facto laws and laws impairing the obligation of contracts are contrary to the first principles of the social compact, and to… — James Madison
It is a principle incorporated into the settled policy of America, that as peace is better than war, war is better than tribute. — James Madison
In fundamental theory socialism and democracy are almost if not quite one and the same. They both rest at bottom upon the absolute right of… — Woodrow Wilson
We are fighting to vindicate the principle that small nationalities are not to be crushed in defiance of international good faith at the arbitrary will… — H. H. Asquith
First principle: never to let one's self be beaten down by persons or by events. — Marie Curie
First, we must continually reaffirm the principle that the security of the United States is not, and should never be, a partisan matter. The United… — William Cohen
Search for the seed of good in every adversity. Master that principle and you will own a precious shield that will guard you well through… — Og Mandino
The idea of governing at all times by the simple force of law (which we have been told is the only admissible principle of republican… — Alexander Hamilton
I go on the principle that a public debt is a public curse and in a republican government more than in any other. — James Madison
I acknowledge, in the ordinary course of government, that the exposition of the laws and Constitution devolves upon the judicial. But I beg to know… — James Madison
The principle of the Constitution is that of a separation of legislative, Executive and Judiciary functions, except in cases specified. If this principle be not… — Thomas Jefferson
(Waste = Loss): The first rule of business is to survive and the guiding principle of business economics is not the maximisation of profit, it… — Peter Drucker
Be firm on principle but flexible on method. — Zig Ziglar
We rail at trade, but the historian of the world will see that it was the principle of liberty; that it settled America, and destroyed… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
While you can think in terms of efficiency in dealing with time, a principle-centered person thinks in terms of effectiveness in dealing with people. — Stephen Covey

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