Principles Quotes

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My idea here is that, inasmuch as certain cognitive tasks and principles are tied to nature's laws, these tasks and principles are indifferent to language,… — Edward Tufte
All the great things of humanity have been accomplished in the name of absolute principles. — Ernest Renan
Thus is the fruit of the Earth taken, its flesh torn. Thus is it given over standing, toward rot. It is the principle of corruption,… — Richard Selzer
Separation to God, separation from the world, is the first principle of Christian living. — Watchman Nee
I want to die a slave to principles. Not to men. — Emiliano Zapata
The deterioration of every government begins with the decay of the principles on which it was founded. — Baron de Montesquieu
Most tasks and tests will demand recall of isolated pieces of information, and I will not have to show how concepts and ideas are related… — Joseph Barrell
In studying mathematics or simply using a mathematical principle, if we get the wrong answer in sort of algebraic equation, we do not suddenly feel… — Eric Butterworth
Since the nature of people is bad, to become corrected they must be taught by teachers and to be orderly they must acquire ritual and… — Xunzi
The second principle of magic: things which have once been in contact with each other continue to act on each other at a distance after… — James G. Frazer
The organizing principle, which according to an eternal law creates the different essential organs of the body, and animates them, is not itself seated in… — Johannes Peter Muller
When we deal with questions relating to principles of law and their applications, we do not suddenly rise into a stratosphere of icy certainty. — Charles Evans Hughes
Neutrality, as a lasting principle, is an evidence of weakness. — Lajos Kossuth
If work and leisure are soon to be subordinated to this one utopian principle - absolute busyness - then utopia and melancholy will come to… — Gunter Grass
People in Eastern Washington should be confident in knowing that the government will not come and seize their property or farm land. Legislation is needed… — Cathy McMorris Rodgers
But I cannot recite, even thus rudely, laws of the intellect, without remembering that lofty and sequestered class of men who have been its prophets… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Human beings exercise responsibilities within a social setting and a framework of obligations which transcend the principle of intelligence. — Michael Polanyi
When they favor the access of other people to education and health care, the countries of the North not only demonstrate generosity or solidarity, but… — Omar Bongo
The first fundamental law of the universe is the law of three forces, of three principles, or , as it is often called, the law… — G I Gurdjieff
It should be remarked that, as the principle of liberty is better understood, and more nobly interpreted, a broader protest is made in behalf of… — Margaret Fuller

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