Principle Quotes

1947 Principle quotes by 1268 unique authors

When our intellect has shaken off its many opinions about created things, then the inner principle of truth appears clearly to it, providing it with… — Maximus the Confessor
It is a sound principle of finance, and a still sounder principle of government, that those who have the duty of expending the revenue of… — Wilfrid Laurier
No matter what side of the spectrum you're on, you like to see your team fighting for the principle. — Bob McDonnell
In America, we have long stood by the principle that the protections of the law are not meant just for some. — Carolyn Maloney
Universal suffrage is sound in principle. The radical element is right. — Rutherford B. Hayes
The more clearly a principle is understood by the intellect, the more inexcusable is the neglect to put it into practice. — Allan Kardec
There is only one principle, and this is Good. There is no principle of evil. If there were a principle of evil, evil would be… — Henry Thomas Hamblin
It is easier to produce ten volumes of philosophical writings than to put one principle into practice. — Leo Tolstoy
A fad lives its life in a few weeks; a philosophy lives through generations and centuries; a principle, forever. — William George Jordan
A spacecraft is a metaphor of national inspiration: majestic, technologically advanced, produced at dear cost and entrusted with precious cargo, rising above the constraints of… — Gregg Easterbrook
I esteem his understanding and subtlety highly, but I consider that they have been put to ill use in the greater part of his work,… — Christiaan Huygens
Children, we are told to make an offering at the temple or at the feet of the guru, not because the Lord or guru is… — Mata Amritanandamayi
We must raise the salaries of our operators or they will all be taken from us, that is, all that are good for anything. You… — Samuel Morse
Life is the expression of tone. In that sentence is the basic principle of Chiropractic. — Daniel D. Palmer
The basic principle, and the principles of chiropractic which have been developed from it are not new. They are as old as the vertebrae... I… — Daniel D. Palmer
Books are the basis; purity is the force; preaching is the essence; utility is the principle. — A. C. Bhaktivedanta Swami Prabhupada
The young [Nazi] movement is in its nature and inner organization anti-parliamentarian; that is, it rejects... a principle of majority rule in which the leader… — Adolf Hitler
By rejecting the authority of the individual and replacing it by the numbers of some momentary mob, the parliamentary principle of majority rule sins against… — Adolf Hitler
It is not a question of religion, or of creed, or of party; it is a question of declaring and maintaining the great American principle… — Elihu Root
The traditional Jeffersonian principle of religious freedom was so broadly democratic that it included the right to have no religion at all - it gave… — Franklin D. Roosevelt
The Establishment Clause . . . stands as an expression of principle on the part of the Founders . . . that religion is too… — Hugo Black
The critical principle demanded an examination, for instance, of the contribution of different periods, thus to some extent embarking on historical linguistics. — Ferdinand de Saussure
The fundamental principle is that no battle, combat, or skirmish is to be fought unless it will be won. — Che Guevara
One principle I've been fighting for that doesn't endear me to a lot of people is that black people can be just as complicated and… — Henry Louis Gates
Every principle of liberty enunciated in any civilized country on earth, with very few exceptions, was intended entirely for men, and when women tried to… — Emmeline Pankhurst

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