Principles Quotes

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.. that which renders morality an active principle and constitutes virtue our happiness, and vice our misery: it is probable, I say, that this final… — David Hume
I have always hated war and am by nature and philosophy a pacifist, but it is the English who are forcing war on us, and… — Constance Markievicz
Moral self-infatuation has its own corruptions, after all. With time, almost every other principle of the magazine acquired an ironic echo, a sort of cackling… — Renata Adler
I think it is a duty I owe to my profession and to my sex to show that a woman has a right to the… — Unknown Author
"When I speak of love I am not speaking of some sentimental and weak response. I am not speaking of that force which is just… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
Tenderness and respect-never selfishness-must be the guiding principles in the intimate relationship between husband and wife — Howard W. Hunter
When I had made more money than I needed for myself and my family, I set up a foundation to promote the values and principles… — George Soros
Perhaps myself the first, at some expense of popularity, to unfold the true character of Jefferson, it is too late for me to become his… — Alexander Hamilton
The money in the schools overpowers the principles of the purpose. — Miroslav Vitous
Love and esteem are the first principles of friendship; it is always imperfect if either of these two are wanting. — Eustace Budgell
Avarice seems to have so pervaded our vital principles as to battle all hopes of a remedy but for peace and plenty. — Unknown Author
This oxidation of hydrogen in stages seems to be one of the basic principles of biological oxidation. — Albert Szent-Gyorgyi
God, great principle of all minor principles, God, who is Himself without a principle, could not conceive Himself, if, in order to do it, He… — Giacomo Casanova
What goes on in abstract art is the proclaiming of aesthetic principles... It is in our own time that we have become aware of pure… — Hans Hofmann
You are Americans. You love this country. Together we are entrusted with the principles that represent mankind's greatest political and social achievement. — Paul Tsongas
Thus, the Archivist must display at all times scrupulous independence and a devotion to the laws and principles which govern the responsibilities of the office. — Allen Weinstein
Those persons who suffer from indigestion, or who become drunk, are utterly ignorant of the true principles of eating and drinking. — Jean Anthelme Brillat-Savarin
I hope to live all my life for my art, without abandoning my principles one iota. — Gustave Courbet
This is not a time to back away from the principles that this country was founded on. — Jeff Bingaman
Thanks to President Bush and Republican principles, businesses now have more confidence to hire workers. — John Doolittle

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