Principles Quotes

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Human beings have a need, generally, to destroy things. The Freudian principle of civilisation is correct. There's always, always a difference between the family image… — Rachel Cusk
I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection. — Charles Darwin
When great changes occur in history, when great principles are involved, as a rule the majority are wrong. — Eugene V. Debs
This nation was conceived in liberty and dedicated to the principle - among others - that honest men may honestly disagree; that if they all… — Elmer Davis
In principle, there are only three main components of spending that much matter to monetary policy: consumer spending, business investment and exports and trade. — Evan Davis
The theory of evolution by cumulative natural selection is the only theory we know of that is in principle capable of explaining the existence of… — Richard Dawkins
Every society rests in the last resort on the recognition of common principles and common ideals, and if it makes no moral or spiritual appeal… — Christopher Dawson
Canada is founded upon principles that recognize the supremacy of God and the rule of law. — Stockwell Day
From a policy standpoint, the Judeo-Christian principles are important. — Jim DeMint
It's never acceptable to target civilians. It violates the Geneva Accords, it violates the international law of war and it violates all principles of morality. — Alan Dershowitz
I think that the power is the principle. The principle of moving forward, as though you have the confidence to move forward, eventually gives you… — Robert Downey, Jr.
The one great principle of English law is to make business for itself. — Charles Dickens
I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times. — Everett Dirksen
We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end. — Benjamin Disraeli
Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation… — Benjamin Disraeli
Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy. — Benjamin Disraeli
Damn your principles! Stick to your party. — Benjamin Disraeli
My objection to Liberalism is this that it is the introduction into the practical business of life of the highest kind namely, politics of philosophical… — Benjamin Disraeli
'Dare to Discipline' was published in 1970 in the midst of the Vietnam War and a culture of rebellion. The book was written in that… — James Dobson
Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle. — Will Durant

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