Principles Quotes

... large and permanent military establishments ... are forbidden by the principles of free government, and against the necessity of which the militia were meant to be a constitutional bulwark.

The establishment of the chaplainship to Congress is a palpable violation of ... constitutional principles.

Bills of attainder, ex-post facto laws and laws impairing the obligation of contracts are contrary to the first principles of the social compact, and to every principle of sound legislation.

A marciful Providunce fashioned us holler O' purpose thet we might our principles swaller.

His own enjoyment, or his own ease, was, in every particular, his ruling principle.

You shall not, for the sake of one individual, change the meaning of principle and integrity.

I work very much on the principle that anything created by mankind has mischief and error hardwired into its inception.

An uniformity of weights and measures, arranged upon mathematical principles, would be a benefit to the whole commercial world, if it were wise enough to adopt such an expedient.

I know how the American people care for that democratic principle. They want to see their vote respected. As we in Haiti want to see the vote of the people respected.

Y'know, Nature's unpredictable -- that's why we had to tame her. Maybe we went too far, but in principle we made the right decision.

Good. If you checked your e-mail every five minutes, or keep texting and Tweeting in the middle of our conversation, I might snap your neck out of sheer principle.

You have to maintain your principles but have a broader appeal.

This is not a time to back away from the principles that this country was founded on.

The biggest reason that positive endings don't happen is because employees are trained on policies and rules rather than principles.

You know, Arabs are critical of United States foreign policy, but they also associate the U.S. with democratic principles and opportunity.

Dangerous principles impose upon our understanding, emasculate our spirits, and spoil our temper.

I think that violence and nonviolence are not moral principles, they’re tactics.

The challenge is always before us. Whenever we lose sight of the principles that mattered to our founders we run into trouble.

From a policy standpoint, the Judeo-Christian principles are important.

To abandon the principle of simplicity would be to abandon all reasoning about the external world

"Adjust to changing times but sticking to unchanging principles" - committing me and all Americans to real ideals of justice and truth, no matter what difficulties faced us.

I think my heart is quite selfish. If I followed my heart, I would not be a good person. But I have moral principles. I have to sit down and reflect.

All of my work in some way or another speaks to political issues according to the upbringing that I had, which was deeply rooted in principles.

I've been saying for the last nine years, our power comes as much from - our respect in the world comes as much from the exercise of our power as it does from the power of our principles.

The hallmark of the Renaissance was its holistic quality as all fields of art, engineering, science and culture shared the same exciting spirit and many of the same intellectual principles.

I think we use God's word. I think the principles that you hear Dr. Phil and some of those others talk about many times are right out of the Bible.

I think that Bible principles will help anybody.

I bought some books in order to learn the first principles of philosophy.

If there is a form of government, then, whose principle and foundation is virtue, will not every sober man acknowledge it better calculated to promote the general happiness than any other form?

The American people have issues. They've got concerns. We need solutions, solutions to the issues that the American people care about that are built on our principles.

It is often said by reformers that government should be conducted upon business principles.

I don't need to compromise my principles, because they don't have the slightest bearing on what happens to me anyway.

What was I elected for? ... This is a matter of core principle.

Since a democratic society repudiates the principle of external authority, it must find a substitute in voluntary disposition and interest; these can be created only by education.

It is difficult to connect general principles with such thoroughly concrete things as children.

Thanks to President Bush and Republican principles, businesses now have more confidence to hire workers.

The underlying principles or fundamentals should be so hidden away by the beauty they are eventually to support, that it would require much digging to disclose them.

Looking back to data, we can see if the consequences are plausible; looking forward to theory, we can see if general principles are suggested.

Alter strategies and tactics, but never your principles.

Base thy life on principle, not on rules.

It's a principle of mine to come into the story as late as possible, and to tell it as fast as you can.

There will be no war, but in the pursuit of principle no stone will be left standing.

I'm many things, most of 'em bad. But a man of political principles? No.

The treasury could fill old bottles with banknotes and bury them..and leave it to private enterprises on well-tried principles of laissez-faire to dig the notes up again.

[I find it] impossible [to imagine] that a nation which is grounded in Judaeo-Christian principles would somehow select someone [for President] who would repudiate those principles.

A good principle not rightly understood may prove as hurtful as a bad.

Old cranks have practiced all their lives, just as old saints have likewise practiced all their lives. They just practiced different life principles.

This mode of electioneering suited neither my taste nor my principles. I thought it equally unsuitable to my personal character and to the station in which I am placed.

In vain shall Great Britain confer upon her colonies the free government and liberal principles of legislation, for which she is distinguished, if she do not carry with her the revelations of God.

Where did this commandment come from in relation to polygamy? It also came from God... When I see any of our people, men or women, opposing a principle of this kind... I consider them apostates.