Principles Quotes

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I go on the principle that a public debt is a public curse and in a republican government more than in any other. — James Madison
The first question that offers itself is, whether the general form and aspect of the government be strictly republican? It is evident that no other… — James Madison
I acknowledge, in the ordinary course of government, that the exposition of the laws and Constitution devolves upon the judicial. But I beg to know… — James Madison
[T]o preserve the republican form and principles of our Constitution and cleave to the salutary distribution of powers which that [the Constitution] has established .… — Thomas Jefferson
The principle of the Constitution is that of a separation of legislative, Executive and Judiciary functions, except in cases specified. If this principle be not… — Thomas Jefferson
It is one thing to be subordinate to the laws, and another [for the Executive] to be dependent on the legislative body. The first comports… — Alexander Hamilton
Turning every business into an environmental industry will involve applying new principles...first, we need to make more with less...second, we need to design out waste...third,… — David Miliband
(Waste = Loss): The first rule of business is to survive and the guiding principle of business economics is not the maximisation of profit, it… — Peter Drucker
Be firm on principle but flexible on method. — Zig Ziglar
We rail at trade, but the historian of the world will see that it was the principle of liberty; that it settled America, and destroyed… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
The average educated man in America has about as much knowledge of what a political idea is as he has of the principles of counterpoint.… — John Jay Chapman
The body of the Earth, large, sluggish and inapt for motion, is not to be disturbed by movement (especially three movements), any more than the… — Tycho Brahe
All religions have honored the beggar. For he proves that in a matter at the same time as prosaic and holy, banal and regenerative as… — Walter Benjamin
I had to really do some studying and examination of my own songwriting and I realized that, there's not a formula by any stretch of… — Andy Wilkinson
While you can think in terms of efficiency in dealing with time, a principle-centered person thinks in terms of effectiveness in dealing with people. — Stephen Covey
Listening is a prerequisite for action. Listening is a principle for living Jewishly in a globalised world — Ruth Messinger
The United Nations will spearhead our efforts to manage the new conflicts (that afflict our world)....Yes the principles of the United Nations Charter are worth… — Colin Powell
How many of my basic principles were upset by this change in my attitude toward the Christian Social movement! My views with regard to anti-Semitism… — Adolf Hitler
The possibility of reduced-time interstellar travel either by advanced extraterrestrial civilizations at present or ourselves in the future, is not fundamentally constrained by physical principles. — Harold E. Puthoff
If I simply live the principles that appear to be truth for me, I will touch the lives of those I am destined to touch. — Marlo Morgan

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