Absolutes Quote by Paul Tillich

Respect for the dignity of the human person is the foundational principle of any just society. From a Catholic perspective, it also forms the…

— Salvatore J. Cordileone

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

Liberty, equality - bad principles! The only true principle for humanity is justice; and justice to the feeble is protection and kindness.

— Henri Frederic Amiel

A moral principle is not a command to act or to forbear acting in a given way: it is a tool for analyzing a…

— John Dewey

Principles always have natural consequences attached to them. There are positive consequences when we live in harmony with the principles. There are negative consequences…

— Stephen Covey

When we come to the moral principles on which the government is to be administered, we come to what is proper for all conditions…

— Thomas Jefferson

Principles are natural laws that are external to us and that ultimately control the consequences of our actions. Values are internal and subjective and…

— Stephen Covey

The first principle from which stems the moral of about all people at all time; it is summarized in this precept: Love thy neighbour…

— African Spir

“... if we adopt the principle of universality: if an action is right (or wrong) for others, it is right (or wrong) for us.…

— Noam Chomsky

If by sticking to the moral principles you have followed all your life, you jeopardize your happiness and that of others, throw over your…

— Epifanio de los Santos

It is fairly easy to grasp abstract moral principles; it can be very difficult to apply them to a given situation, particularly when it…

— Ayn Rand

Principles are things which one calls upon to avoid something unpleasant.

— Multatuli