Principle Quotes

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If we do discover a complete theory, it should be in time understandable in broad principle by everyone. Then we shall all, philosophers, scientists, and… — Stephen Hawking
Your ability to use the principle of autosuggestion will depend, very largely, upon your capacity to concentrate upon a given desire until that desire becomes… — Napoleon Hill
In principle the great religions of the world do not differ as much as they appear to. — Ernest Holmes
If there is any principle of the Constitution that more imperatively calls for attachment than any other it is the principle of free thought, not… — Oliver Wendell Holmes, Jr.
Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism. — Thomas Jefferson
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated. — William James
It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars… — Thomas Jefferson
In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock. — Thomas Jefferson
All, too, will bear in mind this sacred principle, that though the will of the majority is in all cases to prevail, that will to… — Thomas Jefferson
Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations. — Thomas Jefferson
If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest. — Thomas Jefferson
Outside of the Constitution we have no legal authority more than private citizens, and within it we have only so much as that instrument gives… — Andrew Johnson
Act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world. — Immanuel Kant
My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted. — Franz Kafka
The only objects of practical reason are therefore those of good and evil. For by the former is meant an object necessarily desired according to… — Immanuel Kant
I begin with the principle that all men are bores. Surely no one will prove himself so great a bore as to contradict me in… — Soren Kierkegaard
At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love. — Martin Luther King, Jr.
The principle mark of genius is not perfection but originality, the opening of new frontiers. — Arthur Koestler
The principle of art is to pause, not bypass. — Jerzy Kosinski
The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order has stood every test. — Karl Kraus
Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want. — Joseph Wood Krutch
The first principle of a civilized state is that the power is legitimate only when it is under contract. — Walter Lippmann
The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good. — John Locke
Championing liberty begins at the local level. There is nothing more fundamental than the principle that a man's home is his castle. Donald Trump's career-long… — Michelle Malkin
No habit or quality is more easily acquired than hypocrisy, nor any thing sooner learned than to deny the sentiments of our hearts and the… — Bernard de Mandeville

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