Principles Quotes

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I ask you...to adopt the principles proclaimed by yourselves, by your revolutionary fathers, and by the old bell in Independence Hall.... — Frederick Douglass
The principle that the end justifies the means is in individualist ethics regarded as the denial of all morals. In collectivist ethics it becomes necessarily… — Friedrich August von Hayek
What is the basic, the essential, the crucial principle that differentiates freedom from slavery? It is the principle of voluntary action versus physical coercion or… — Ayn Rand
The right to vote is a consequence, not a primary cause, of a free social system - and its value depends on the constitutional structure… — Ayn Rand
The failure-dichotomy principle: failure is good. Failure is not an option. Balance those in your brain. — Donny Deutsch
Of all the dispositions and habits which lead to political prosperity, religion and morality are indispensable supports. In vain would that man claim tribute to… — George Washington
I have ever deemed it fundamental for the United States never to take active part in the quarrels of Europe. Their political interests are entirely… — Thomas Jefferson
Government seems to operate on the principle that if even one individual is incapable of using his freedom competently, no one can be allowed to… — Harry Browne
A society based on the freedom to choose is better than a society based on the principles of socialism, communism and coercion. — Milton Friedman
A libertarian is a person who believes that no one has the right, under any circumstances, to initiate force against another human being, or to… — L. Neil Smith
You have that within you which is ever impelling you toward the upward and advancing way; and that impelling something is the divine Principle of… — Wallace D. Wattles
Let your thoughts be ruled by principle, and then live up to your thoughts. — Wallace D. Wattles
Become aware of and recognize fully the fact that the Principle of Power within you is God Himself. You must consciously identify yourself with the… — Wallace D. Wattles
In effective personal leadership, visualization and affirmation techniques emerge naturally out of a foundation of well thought through purposes and principles that become the center… — Stephen Covey
One of the principles we teach in our programs is "If you shoot for the stars, you'll at least hit the moon." Poor people don't… — T. Harv Eker
Chemistry is yet, indeed, a mere embryon. Its principles are contested; experiments seem contradictory; their subjects are so minute as to escape our senses; and… — Thomas Jefferson
The first principle of architectural beauty is that the essential lines of a construction be determined by a perfect appropriateness to its use. — Gustave Eiffel
Astronomy is one of the sublimest fields of human investigation. The mind that grasps its facts and principles receives something of the enlargement and grandeur… — Horace Mann
But just as astronomy succeeded astrology, following Kepler's discovery of planetary regularities, the discoveries of these many principles in empirical explorations of intellectual processes in… — Marvin Minsky
In terms of doing things I take a fairly scientific approach to why things happen and how they happen. I don't know if there's a… — Bill Gates

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