Principles Quotes

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According to the laws and constitution of the people, which I [the Lord] have suffered to be established, and should be maintained for the rights… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
And that law of the land which is constitutional, supporting that principle of freedom in maintaining rights and privileges, belongs to all mankind, and is… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
A good character is, in all cases, the fruit of personal exertion. It is not inherited from parents; it is not created by external advantages;… — Josiah Johnson Hawes
If my relation to each and every peasant in Cambodia is indeed exactly what the principles of morality would demand it to be, it's a… — Wallace Shawn
The fact that the same proportionalities rule optimal running, flying and swimming is not a coincidence rather it is an illustration of the fact that… — Adrian Bejan
A modern mathematical proof is not very different from a modern machine, or a modern test setup: the simple fundamental principles are hidden and almost… — Hermann Weyl
Design principle: Take things away until the design breaks, then put that last thing back in. — Alan Cooper
Social Security is inherently unsound for the simple reason that it's a political program run by politicians for political purposes...Social Security operates on a very… — Harry Browne
Legislation to apply the principle of equal pay for equal work without discrimination because of sex is a matter of simple justice — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Tenacity is a pretty fair substitute for bravery, and the best form of tenacity I know is expressed in a Danish fur trapper's principle: "The… — Eric Sevareid
A sacred respect for the constitutional law is the vital principle, the sustaining energy of a free government. — Alexander Hamilton
The fundamental principle of our constitution ... enjoins the sense of command, duty that the will of the majority shall prevail. — George Washington
Of all the objections which have been framed against the federal Constitution, this is perhaps the most extraordinary. Whilst the objection itself is levelled against… — James Madison
In the formation of such a government, it is not only the right, but the indispensable duty of every citizen to examine the principles of… — Noah Webster
In these sacred documents are embodied eternal principles that no man, group of men, or nation has the right to withhold from others. Here is… — Ezra Taft Benson
Man has made 32 million laws since THE COMMANDMENTS were handed down to Moses on Mount Sinai more than three thousand years ago, but he… — Cecil B. DeMille
Living political constitutions must be Darwinian in structure and in practice. Society is a living organism and must obey the laws of life, not of… — Woodrow Wilson
The principle itself of dogmatic religion, dogmatic morality, dogmatic philosophy, is what requires to be booted out; not any particular manifestation of that principle. — John Stuart Mill
That no free government, nor the blessings of liberty, can be preserved to any people, but by a firm adherence to justice, moderation, temperance, frugality,… — George Mason
Character enough of an opposite description ... My opinion is ... that you could as soon scrub the blackamore white, as to change the principles… — George Washington

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