Principles Quotes

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IT is difficult to speak or write with becoming moderation or propriety, on topics to which we are biased by prejudice, interest, or even principle. — Joseph Lancaster
In addressing you I feel that I am not so much speaking to the representatives of diverse States of Europe and America as to the… — Henry Campbell-Bannerman
The ad industry isn't struggling for a new set of principles or abandoning the ones that made it great from the start. It's simply in… — Rochelle B Lazarus
To me this is the first principle of life, the foundational principle, and a lesson you can't learn at the feet of any wise man:… — Joe Biden
In exposition and in argument, the writer must likewise never lose his hold upon the concrete; and even when he is dealing with general principles,… — William Strunk, Jr.
What are we going to get out of life? This can understandably be a question of fundamental importance to us. We begin with certain basic… — John Templeton
Love is a brilliant illustration of a principle everywhere discoverable: namely, that human reason lives by turning the friction of material forces into the light… — George Santayana
Being persuaded that a just application of the principles, on which the Masonic Fraternity is founded, must be promote of private virtue and public prosperity,… — George Washington
Freemasonry is an establishment founded on the benevolent intention of extending and conferring mutual happiness upon the best and truest principles of moral life and… — Andrew Jackson
Freemasonry is an order whose leading star is philanthropy and whose principles inculcate an unceasing devotion to the cause of virtue and morality. — George Washington
Masonry, according to the general acceptation of the term, is an art founded on the principles of geometry, and devoted to the service and convenience… — William Howard Taft
Masonry was not made to divide men, but to unite them, leaving each man free to think his own thoughts and fashion his own system… — Joseph Fort Newton
So far as I am acquainted with the principles and doctrines of Freemasonry, I conceive it to be founded in benevolence and to be exercised… — George Washington
The underlying principle of Masonry is the fatherhood of God and the brotherhood of man. In this war we are engaging in upholding these principles… — William Howard Taft
Leadership Principle: As hunger increases, excuses decrease. — Orrin Woodward
Move forward and let others do the same. Simple. This is a guiding principle everyone should have. — Pope Francis
We inherited these principles and these freedoms and we here highly resolve that we shall pass them on, as we will pass on an undivided… — Christopher Hitchens
I am tired of the misrepresentation, calumny and detraction, heaped upon me by wicked men; and desire and claim, only those principles guaranteed to all… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
While other men were peacefully following their vocations and extending their interests they [the Saints in Clay County] have been deprived of the right of… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
Be wise; let prudence dictate all your counsels; preserve peace with all men, if possible; stand by the Constitution of your country; observe its principles;… — Joseph Smith, Jr.

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