Principle Quotes
1947 Principle quotes by 1268 unique authors
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Love is both a principle and an emotion; it is something both felt and willed. It is capable of almost infinite degrees. Love in the…
— Aiden Wilson Tozer
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Of course, we will face fear, experience ridicule, and meet opposition. Let us have the courage to defy the consensus, the courage to stand for…
— Thomas S. Monson
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In the fevered state of our country, no good can ever result from any attempt to set one of these fiery zealots to rights, either…
— Thomas Jefferson
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The foremost or indeed sole condition required in order to succeed in centralizing the supreme power in a democratic community is to love equality or…
— Alexis de Tocqueville
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Racial discrimination in public education is unconstitutional.....All provisions of federal, state or local law requiring or permitting such discrimination must yield to this principle.
— Earl Warren
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If the 'Principle of Relativity' in an extreme sense establishes itself, it seems as if even Time would become discontinuous and be supplied in atoms,…
— Oliver Lodge
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The is always much to be said for not attempting more than you can do and for making a certainty of what you try. But…
— Winston Churchill
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Buddhism’s cardinal ethical principle is to avoid causing harm.
— Gil Fronsdal
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Its a matter of principle. If Jews born in Brooklyn have a right to a state in Palestine then Palestinians born in Jerusalem have a…
— Christopher Hitchens
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The European model is in danger if we obliterate the principle of personal responsibility.
— Jacques Delors
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Briefly, in the act of composition, as an instrument there intervenes and is most potent, fire, flaming, fervid, hot; but in the very substance of…
— Georg Ernst Stahl
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This is the most important principle of reading on the Internet: You must determine for yourself whether or not something is true.
— Stephen Downes
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You know of our sympathetic interest in this country in Iran's desire to control its natural resources. From this point of view we were happy…
— Harry S. Truman
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The hero, the mythical subject, is constructed as human being and as male; he is the active principle of culture, the establisher of distinction, the…
— Teresa de Lauretis
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This principle applies to your family pet, for instance, which I believe are wonderful because they put you into a great emotional state. When you…
— James Arthur Ray
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Is there art that is more beautiful, more divine, and more eternal that the art of martyrdom? A nation with martyrdom knows no captivity. Those…
— Mahmoud Ahmadinejad
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What was I elected for? ... This is a matter of core principle.
— John Culberson
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I do verily believe that if the principle were to prevail of a common law being in force in the United States (which principle possesses…
— Thomas Jefferson
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The strong are always free by virtue of their superior strength. So long as government is a mere contest as to which of two parties…
— Lysander Spooner
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Israel has an important principle: It is only Israel that is responsible for our security.
— Yitzhak Rabin
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We have to restore power to the family, to the neighborhood, and the community with a non-market principle, a principle of equality, of charity, of…
— Jerry Brown
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The law of nations is naturally founded on this principle, that different nations ought in time of peace to do one another all the good…
— Baron de Montesquieu
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Times have changed since George Herbert... but the principle and spirit in which he ministered as a priest remains an inspiration and model for all…
— Arthur Middleton
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The mediocrity principle simply states that you aren't special. The universe does not revolve around you; this planet isn't privileged in any unique way; your…
— PZ Myers
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But naturalists are now beginning to look beyond this, and to see that there must be some other principle regulating the infinitely varied forms of…
— Alfred Russel Wallace
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