Principle Quotes

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Whereas, to preserve liberty, it is essential that the whole body of the people always possess arms, and be taught alike, especially when young, how… — Richard Henry Lee
I have always been a firm believer in the longstanding American principle of having the right to bear arms and I will remain committed to… — Jeff Miller
Sycophancy toward those who hold power is a fact in every regime, and especially in a democracy, where, unlike tyranny, there is an accepted principle… — Allan Bloom
In any assembly the simplest way to stop transacting business and split the ranks is to appeal to a principle. — Jacques Barzun
Machines are admirable and tyrannize only with the user's consent. Where, then, is the enemy? Not where the machine gives relief from drudgery but where… — Jacques Barzun
The principle itself of dogmatic religion, dogmatic morality, dogmatic philosophy, is what requires to be rooted out; not any particular manifestation of that principle. The… — John Stuart Mill
Preaching nonviolence on principle reproduces the existing institutionalized violence. — Herbert Marcuse
There is no one who has no leisure time at all. The office is not a permanent sanctuary, and Sundays are an institution. Thus, in… — Unknown Author
You're mistaken; men of sense often learn much from their enemies. Prudence is the best safeguard. This principle cannot be learnt from a friend: but… — Aristophanes
The particular aspect of history which both attracts and benefits its readers is the examination of causes and the capacity, which is the reward of… — Polybius
It is all too easy for a society to measure itself against some abstract philosophical principle or political slogan. But in the end, there must… — Hubert H. Humphrey
Propose to an Englishman any principle, or any instrument, however admirable, and you will observe that the whole effort of the English mind is directed… — Charles Babbage
What the local politicians actually meant was that they hoped to claim the land in the name of the public and then make the usual… — Michael Moorcock
I've always taken that as my guiding principle and the rest is just set dressing. You can have dragons in it, or aliens and starships,… — George R. R. Martin
Odonianism is anarchism. Not the bomb-in-the-pocket stuff, which is terrorism, whatever name it tries to dignify itself with, not the social-Darwinist economic 'libertarianism' of the… — Ursula K. Le Guin
It's not that I'm against nudity. I'm German, I'm very open, in Germany they lay in the park naked. It's just the principle. — Claudia Schiffer
I think white gay people feel cheated because they were born, in principle, in a society in which they were supposed to be safe. The… — James A. Baldwin
People who have been wronged will attempt to right the wrong; they would not be people if they didn't. They can rarely afford to be… — James A. Baldwin
You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear. — Abdul Kalam
Anybody who witnesses the suffering of animals and has a glimmer of hope of reducing that suffering can't take the position that it's all or… — Ingrid Newkirk
All things are in flux; the flux is subject to a unifying measure or rational principle. This principle (logos, the hidden harmony behind all change)… — Heraclitus
The principle for which we contend is bound to reassert itself, though it may be at another time and in another form. — Jefferson Davis
If a person has no dreams, they no longer have any reason to live. Dreaming is necessary, although in the dream reality should be glimpsed.… — Ayrton Senna
It is not easy for a people conditioned by fear under the iron rule of the principle that might is right to free themselves from… — Aung San Suu Kyi
Clearly the hardest thing for the working artist is to create his own conception and follow it, unafraid of the strictures it imposes, however rigid… — Andrei Tarkovsky

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