Principles Quotes

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One of the most basic principles for making and keeping peace within and between nations. . . is that in political, military, moral, and spiritual… — Jimmy Carter
The tendency of democracies is, in all things, to mediocrity, since the tastes, knowledge, and principles of the majority form the tribunal of appeal. — James F. Cooper
Everybody's for democracy in principle. It's only in practice that the thing gives rise to stiff objections. — Meg Greenfield
Western civilization is based upon the libertarian principle, and all its achievements are the results of the action of free men. — Ludwig von Mises
All students, members of the faculty, and public officials in both Mississippi and the Nation will be able, it is hoped, to return to their… — John F. Kennedy
Our object now, as then, is to vindicate the principles of peace and justice in the life of the world as against selfish and autocratic… — Woodrow Wilson
Freedom may come quickly in robes of peace or after ages of conflict and war, but come it will, and abide it will, so long… — Edward Everett
Freedom of religion, freedom of the press, freedom of person under protection of habeas corpus; and trial by juries impartially selected, these principles form the… — Thomas Jefferson
I believe in the principle that I can make a difference in this world. It may be ever so small, but it will count for… — Gordon B. Hinckley
The road to happiness lies in two simple principles: find what it is that interests you and that you can do well, and when you… — John D. Rockefeller III
History is the discovering of the principles of human nature. — David Hume
Rulers, Statesmen, Nations, are wont to be emphatically commended to the teaching which experience offers in history. But what experience and history teach is this… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Mankind are so much the same, in all times and places, that history informs us of nothing new or strange in this particular. Its chief… — David Hume
A principle is a principle and in no case can it be watered down because of our incapacity to live it in practice. We have… — Mahatma Gandhi
Hope is a vigorous principle; it is furnished with light and heat to advise and execute; it sets the head and heart to work, and… — Jeremy Collier
A cardinal principle in systems theory is that all parties that have a stake in a system should be represented in its management. — Malcolm Knowles
In a sense, knowledge shrinks as wisdom grows: for details are swallowed up in principles. — Alfred North Whitehead
There is no teaching until the pupil is brought into the same state or principle in which you are; a transfusion takes place; he is… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Love is basic for the very survival of mankind. I'm convinced that love is the only absolute ultimately; love is the highest good. He who… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Truth is cosmically total: synergetic. Verities are generalized principles stated in semimetaphorical terms. Verities are differentiable. But love is omniembracing, omnicoherent, and omni-inclusive, with no… — R. Buckminster Fuller

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