Principles Quotes

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A thorough-paced knave will rarely quarrel with one whom he can cheat: his revenge is plunder; therefore he is usually the most forgiving of beings,… — Charles Caleb Colton
At the foundation of our civil liberties lies the principle that denies to government officials an exceptional position before the law and which subjects them… — Louis D. Brandeis
If you find your opponent in a strong position costly to force, you should leave him a line of retreat as the quickest way of… — B. H. Liddell Hart
The universe runs on a fundamental and oh-so-wonderful principle... when you get really clear and honest about what you want, everything in the universe conspires… — Michael Neill
There are two principles for creative success - one general and one definitive. The general principle is that everyone has the ability to be creative… — Ernie J Zelinski
"My #1 guiding principle for a successful life (learned from J Brad Britton): "Do the right thing; not the easy thing." Everyday, you are constantly… — Hal Elrod
Let us make an arbitrary decision (by a show of hands if necessary) to define the base of every stratigraphical unit in a selected section.… — D. V. Ager
Re: Robert Montgomery's Poems His writing bears the same relation to poetry which a Turkey carpet bears to a picture. There are colours in the… — Thomas B. Macaulay
The true patriot scrutinizes the actions of his own government with unceasing vigilance. And when his government violates the morality and rightness associated with principles… — Jacob G. Hornberger
In order every one in our homeland learns principles of democracy and the peaceful transition of power, and in order to stabilize and develop multiple… — Ali Abdullah Saleh
We had learned how to invent things, and the question of why we invent things receded in importance. The idea that if something could be… — Neil Postman
I think of the old slavery, and of the way The Economy has now improved upon it. The new slavery has improved upon the old… — Wendell Berry
If these precedents are to stand unimpeached, and to provide sanctions for the continued conduct of America affairs-the Constitution may be nullified by the President… — Charles A. Beard
And, to prevent mistakes, I must advertize you, that I now mean by elements, as those chymists that speak plainest do by their principles, certain… — Robert Boyle
The Synthesis consists in assuming the Causes discovered and established as Principles, and by them explaining the PhÃ¦nomena proceeding from them, and proving the Explanations. — Isaac Newton
To derive two or three general Principles of Motion from PhÃ¦nomena, and afterwards to tell us how the Properties and Actions of all corporeal Things… — Isaac Newton
Liberals have a new wish every time their latest wish is granted. Conservatives should make them spell out their principles and ideals. Instead of doing… — Joseph Sobran
Physical beauty is the sign of an interior beauty, a spiritual and moral beauty which is the basis, the principle, and the unity of the… — Friedrich Schiller
Ill-digested principles are, if anything, worse than ill-digested food, for the latter harms the body and there is cure for it, whereas the former ruins… — Mahatma Gandhi
I know that there is one God in heaven, the Father of all humanity, and heaven is therefore one. I know that there is one… — Lajos Kossuth

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