Principles Quotes

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The religion most prevalent in our northern colonies is a refinement on the principles of resistance: it is the dissidence of dissent, and the protestantism… — Edmund Burke
Strong men don't compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised. — Andrew Carnegie
I believe, if done correctly, eliminating Saddam and liberating Iraq could be the 'Normandy Invasion' or 'fall of the Berlin Wall' of our generation... the… — Pete Hegseth
This book is intended for use in English courses in which the practice of composition is combined with the study of literature. It aims to… — William Strunk, Jr.
Rich Indians typically tried to work around a dysfunctional government. Private security was hired, city water was filtered, private school tuitions were paid. Such choices… — Katherine Boo
Mr. Darwin contributes some striking and ingenious instances of the way in which the principle partially affects the chain, or rather network of life, even… — Richard Owen
All of humanity now has the option to "make it" successfully and sustainably, by virtue of our having minds, discovering principles and being able to… — R. Buckminster Fuller
Be flexible, but stick to your principles. — Eleanor Roosevelt
Astrology is one of the intuitive methods like the I Ching, geomantics, and other divinatory procedures. It is based upon the synchronicity principle, meaningful coincidence.… — Carl Jung
I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles… — Andrew Jackson
Some campaigns are not worth waging if you can't win; others have to be fought on grounds of principle regardless of the chances for success. — Patricia Ireland
The Japanese chose the principle of eternal peace as the basis of morality for our rebirth after the War. — Kenzaburo Oe
Because the eternal principle of agency gives us the freedom to choose and think for ourselves, we should become increasingly able to solve problems. We… — M. Russell Ballard
Kinship with all creatures of the earth, sky and water was a real and active principle. In the animal and bird world there existed a… — Luther Standing Bear
Hermeticism is the science of nature hidden in the hieroglyphics and symbols of the ancient world. It is the search for the principle of life,… — Eliphas Levi
To me nonviolence has come to represent a panacea for all the evils that surround my people. Therefore I am devoting all my energies toward… — Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan
We've gone astray from first principles. We've lost sight of the rule that individual freedom and ingenuity are at the very core of everything that… — Ronald Reagan
I follow in building the principles which nature has used in its domain. — Frank Lloyd Wright
I must remain always, both in principle + actively, interested in everything. Taking all of knowledge as my province. — Susan Sontag
You canâ€™t buy that kind of empowerment. To just know that as far as you are aware, you have not got a price; that there… — Alan Moore

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