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Principle Quotes by Thomas Paine
- It is for the good of nations, and not for the emolument or aggrandizement of particular individuals, that government ought to be established, and that…
- The Grecians and Romans were strongly possessed of the spirit of liberty but not the principle, for at the time they were determined not to…
- Those words, temperate and moderate, are words either of political cowardice, or of cunning, or seduction. A thing, moderately good is not so good as…
- The declaration which says that God visits the sins of the fathers upon the children is contrary to every principle of moral justice.
- I draw my idea of the form of government from a principle in nature, which no art can overturn, viz. that the more simple any…
- Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
- Could the peaceable principle of the Quakers be universally established, arms and the art of war would be wholly extirpated: But we live not in…
- It is never to be expected in a revolution that every man is to change his opinion at the same moment. There never yet was…
- A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is…
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- The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of a common underlying principle. — Marcus Aurelius
- I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle. — Jane Austen
- While the soul is in mortal sin, nothing can profit it; none of its good works merit an eternal reward, since they… — Teresa of Avila
- A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too… — Sai Baba
- That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it,… — Charles Babbage
- Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established. — Honore de Balzac
- The award is important in order to bring people to the movie theater. That's the only principle meaning of any award. — Javier Bardem
- Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost. — John Quincy Adams
- The world is not dialectical - it is sworn to extremes, not to equilibrium, sworn to radical antagonism, not to reconciliation or… — Jean Baudrillard
- Nothing defines humans better than their willingness to do irrational things in the pursuit of phenomenally unlikely payoffs. This is the principle… — Scott Adams
- Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle. — Gary Bauer