Principle Quotes

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Through TV and moving pictures a child may see more violence in thirty minutes than the average adult experiences in a lifetime. What children see… — Fredric Wertham
Subjectivism is not an absolute principle; it is a necessary but not sufficient condition for sound methodology. — Murray Rothbard
The Science Delusion is the belief that science already understands the nature of reality in principle leaving only the details to be filled in. — Rupert Sheldrake
The entire Nazi war machine was only possible because of past, present and future violations of the non aggression principle (achievable only through government). — Stefan Molyneux
If you could distill this down to a single principle its that the best marketers in the world know MARKETS first and foremost, and secondly… — Perry Marshall
Transformation is the shift of the principle which orients the person’s life, which is ordinarily the principle of gaining satisfaction. Essentially what organizes life for… — Werner Erhard
Whatever else we may say about it, the atonement fulfills the Jewish principle that only one who has been hurt can forgive. At Calvary, God… — Philip Yancey
The peoples' revolution .... will arrange its revolutionary organisation from the bottom up and from the periphery to the centre, in keeping with the principle… — Mikhail Bakunin
Retire into thyself. The rational principle which rules has this nature, that it is content with itself when it does what is just, and so… — Marcus Aurelius
A well-known principle of human behavior says that when we ask someone to do us a favor we will be more successful if we provide… — Robert Cialdini
What is wanted is men of principle, who recognize a higher law than the decision of the majority. The marines and the militia whose bodies… — Henry David Thoreau
What is a good enough principle for an American citizen ought to be good enough for the working man to follow. — Mother Jones
We live in a highly competitive society, each of us trying to outdo the other in wealth, in popularity or social prestige, in dress, in… — S I Hayakawa
To be in front of an audience and pretending, and to lie, this is the principle of acting. — Roberto Benigni
The principle question before us is not, do we comprehend the atonement, but, do we accept it. — George Q. Morris
For me, dressing is always a question of principle, respect, a sense of order, not to disguise myself, even in rotten places. — Bernard-Henri Levy
The basic success of the conga came from ...that basic principle of African music and dance: everybody participates. The conga eradicated the distinction between performer… — Ned Sublette
What is more malleable is always superior over that which is immovable. This is the principle of controlling things by going along with them, of… — Jaimal Yogis
No one really wants to follow you per se. They really don’t. They want to know that, by following you, they are really following a… — Mel Lawrenz
To carry the spirit of peace into war is a weak and cruel policy. When an extreme case calls for that remedy which is in… — Thomas B. Macaulay
A nation has a soul, a spiritual principle. One is in the past, the other in the present. One is the possession of a rich… — Ernest Renan
To be attached to the subdivision, to love the little platoon we belong to in society, is the first principle (the germ as it were)… — Edmund Burke
We were happy a hundred years ago. We knew that there were exploiters and exploited, wealthy and poor, and we had a perfect idea of… — Leszek Kolakowski
The Internet is like a town that leaves its streets unmarked on the principle that people who don't already know don't belong — James Gleick
The strengths landscape architecture draws from its garden design heritage include: the Vitruvian design tradition of balancing utility, firmness and beauty; use of the word… — Tom Turner

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