Believe Quote by Thomas Jefferson

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

— Henri Frederic Amiel

We now possess four principles of morality: 1) a philosophical: do good for its own sake, out of respect for the law; 2) a…

— Georg C. Lichtenberg

The foundations of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principles of private morality, and the preeminence of free government…

— George Washington

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

I follow a set of principles; I follow the Constitution. And that's what I base my votes on. Limited government, economic freedom, and individual…

— Justin Amash

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

Principles are what allow you to live a life consistent with those values. Principles connect your values to your actions.

— Ray Dalio

There are principles which govern our life-they are the principles of Life. If our life is lived according to these principles all is well,…

— Henry Thomas Hamblin

The foundations of liberty are private property and the rule of law; this system guarantees the fewest possible forms of injustice, produces the greatest…

— Mario Vargas Llosa

Our search for such [moral] principles can start with . . . the unconditional imperative to acknowledge every person as a person. If we…

— Paul Tillich

The principles of the good society call for a concern with an order of being - which cannot be proved existentially to the sense…

— Walter Lippmann

We are inclined to confuse freedom and democracy, which we regard as moral principles, with the way in which they are practiced in America…

— J. William Fulbright