Principle Quotes

1947 Principle quotes by 1268 unique authors

No civilisation, not even that of ancient Greece, has ever undergone such a continuous and profound process of change as Western Europe has done during… — Christopher Dawson
We cannot have a just society that applies the principle of accountability to the powerless and the principle of forgiveness to the powerful. This is… — Chris Hayes
The Shirky Principle declares that complex solutions, like a company, or an industry, can become so dedicated to the problem they are the solution to,… — Clay Shirky
A.J. Liebling, one of my heroes, used to say that he could write better than anyone who wrote faster, and faster than anyone who could… — David Remnick
Us atheist people, we believe we have to act properly and honestly for a moral principle and not because we expect an award in Paradise. — Margherita Hack
You can't be a part-time man of principle. — John Amaechi
North Korea and evangelical empires have the same principle of leadership: nepotism to the nth degree. You may not get the call, but you inherit… — Frank Schaeffer
It takes a man a long time to learn all the lessons of all of his mistakes. They say there are two sides to everything.… — Edwin Lefevre
The several states composing the United States of America are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government — Thomas Jefferson
The best advice is not to write what you know, it’s to write what you like. Write the kind of story you like best—write the… — Austin Kleon
Life is a process, not a principle, a mystery to be lived, not a problem to be solved. — Gerard Straub
Entropy is one of the laws of thermodynamics. It's a physical law that says everything in nature is moving from order to disorder. In our… — Jon Foreman
America’s founding ideal was the principle of individual rights. Nothing more-and nothing less. The rest-everything that America achieved, everything she became, everything 'noble and just,'… — Ayn Rand
There can be no compromise between freedom and government controls; to accept 'just a few controls' is to surrender the principle of inalienable individual rights… — Ayn Rand
For me, nonviolence was not a moral principle but a strategy; there is no moral goodness in using an ineffective weapon. — Nelson Mandela
America's founding Ideal was the principle of individual rights. Nothing more - and nothing less. — Ayn Rand
In a crystal we have clear evidence of the existence of a formative life principle, and though we cannot understand the life of a crystal,… — Nikola Tesla
In a physical contest on the field of battle it is allowable to use tactics and strategy, to retreat as well as advance, to have… — Unknown Author
The most basic principle to being a free American is the notion that we as individuals are responsible for our own lives and decisions — Ron Paul
The one principle that surrounds everything else is that of stewardship; that we are the managers of everything that God has given us — Larry Burkett
As a matter of principle, we believe patients should be able to see the right doctor at the right time. As a matter of principle,… — Bill Frist
To risk reputation and affection for the truth's sake is so demanding that to do it constantly you will need a degree of moral principle… — Alistair Begg
All the Scriptures give clear proof of the Trinity, and it is from these that our principle is deduced...the distinction of the Trinity is quite… — Tertullian
The Heisenberg principle - If something is closely observed, the odds are it is going to be altered in the process. The more a price… — Bruce Kovner
A fundamental principle of information theory is that you can’t guarantee outcomes… in order for an experiment to yield knowledge, it has to be able… — George Gilder

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