Principles Quotes

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I grew up in Pittsburgh, where you couldn't even see the noon sun in the sky, and that whole city was cleaned up without the… — Ron Paul
Nature has no principles. She makes no distinction between good and evil. — Anatole France
The goal towards which the pleasure principle impels us - of becoming happy - is not attainable: yet we may not - nay, cannot -… — Sigmund Freud
What we have at present is a system of loss socialism. Whatever goes wrong is shouldered by the general public and anything that works is… — Sigmar Gabriel
By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox. — Galileo Galilei
There is no principle worth the name if it is not wholly good. — Mahatma Gandhi
A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in… — Mahatma Gandhi
Tens of thousands of brave Americans died to break the chains of British tyranny so that the principles of our Declaration of Independence could take… — Jim Gerlach
The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive. — Edward Gibbon
My guiding principle is that prosperity can be shared. We can create wealth together. The global economy is not a zero-sum game. — Julia Gillard
Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home. — William E. Gladstone
Perseverance is an active principle, and cannot continue to operate but under the influence of desire. — William Godwin
It has actually been suggested that warfare may have been the principle evolutionary pressure that created the huge gap between the human brain and that… — Jane Goodall
We are glorious accidents of an unpredictable process with no drive to complexity, not the expected results of evolutionary principles that yearn to produce a… — Stephen Jay Gould
We learn by practice. Whether it means to learn to dance by practicing dancing or to learn to live by practicing living, the principles are… — Martha Graham
Most scientists like to operate in the context of economy. If you don't need an explanatory principle, don't invoke it. — Brian Greene
String theory has the potential to show that all of the wondrous happenings in the universe - from the frantic dance of subatomic quarks to… — Brian Greene
The principle of the brotherhood of man is narcissistic... for the grounds for that love have always been the assumption that we ought to realize… — Germaine Greer
Our guiding principle was that design is neither an intellectual nor a material affair, but simply an integral part of the stuff of life, necessary… — Walter Gropius
Men are limited by the knowledge of their minds, the worth of their characters and the principles upon which they are building their lives. — Edwin Louis Cole

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