According Quote by Jonathan Mayhew

There are no principles; there are only events. There is no good and bad, there are only circumstances.

— Honore de Balzac

False principles, which correspond with the bad as well as with the just aspirations of mankind, are a normal and necessary element in the…

— Lord Acton

Adherence to men, is often disloyalty to principles.

— John Taylor of Caroline

We should be led by principles and morals and not by men.

— Killer Mike

However great an evil immorality may be, we must not forget that it is not without its beneficial consequences. It is only through extremes…

— Wilhelm von Humboldt

There is one principle which is eternal; it is the duty of all men to protect their lives and the lives of the household,…

— Sam Smith

To discover the true principles of morality, men have no need of theology, of revelation, or of gods. They need but common sense. They…

— Jean Meslier

Principles must conquer in the long run, for that is the manhood of man.

— Swami Vivekananda

The standard that a society should actually embody its own professed principles is a utopian one, in the sense that moral principles contradict the…

— Susan Sontag

The ruling of men is the effort to direct the individual actions of many persons toward some end. This end theoretically should be the…

— W. E. B. Du Bois

The principle can be established that for a man who does not cheat what he believes to be true must determine his actions.

— Albert Camus

Necessity hath no law. Feigned necessities, imaginary necessities, are the greatest cozenage men can put upon the Providence of God, and make pretences to…

— Oliver Cromwell