Quotes by Principles Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle. Thomas Hardy constitutionprinciplespractice Agnosticism, in fact, is not a creed, but a method, the essence of which lies in the rigorous application of a single principle. ... Positively the principle may be expressed: In matters of the intellect, follow your reason as far as it will take you, without regard to any other consideration. And negatively: In matters of the intellect, do not pretend that conclusions are certain which are not demonstrated or demonstrable. Thomas Huxley principlesessencelying When once a Republic is corrupted, there is no possibility of remedying any of the growing evils but by removing the corruption and restoring its lost principles; every other correction is either useless or a new evil. Thomas Jefferson votingprinciplesevil An elective despotism was not the government we fought for, but one which should not only be founded on true free principles, but in which the powers of government should be so divided and balanced among general bodies of magistracy, as that no one could transcend their legal limits without being effectually checked and restrained by the others. Thomas Jefferson libertygovernmentprinciples The principle was, death should not be entered like some snug harbor. It should be an unambiguous refusal to surrender. Thomas Keneally refusalsurrenderprinciples It is not easy to fall into any absurdity, unless it be by the length of an account; wherein he may perhaps forget what went before. For all men by nature reason alike, and well, when they have good principles. Thomas Hobbes principlesmenfall Is it less dishonest to do what is wrong because it is not expressly prohibited by written law? Let us hope our moral principles are not yet in that stage of degeneracy. Thomas Jefferson moralityprincipleslaw The Central Bank is an institution of the most deadly hostility existing against the principles and form of our Constitution. Thomas Jefferson constitutionformprinciples Agnosticism is not properly described as a "negative" creed, nor indeed as a creed of any kind, except in so far as it expresses absolute faith in the validity of a principle which is as much ethical as intellectual. Thomas Huxley intellectualprinciplesnegative In life, as in football, the principle to follow is to hit the line hard. Theodore Roosevelt principlesfootballlife It is never to be expected in a revolution that every man is to change his opinion at the same moment. There never yet was any truth or any principle so irresistibly obvious that all men believed it at once. Time and reason must cooperate with each other to the final establishment of any principle; and therefore those who may happen to be first convinced have not a right to persecute others, on whom conviction operates more slowly. The moral principle of revolutions is to instruct, not to destroy. Thomas Paine principlestruthmen With the implementation of the Affordable Care Act and the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, more people will have insurance coverage and, in principle, be eligible for more care. Thomas R. Insel addictionprinciplespeople Though people could, in principle, cross national borders to reach places where their work is more highly rewarded, they are in fact prevented from doing so. As a result, huge differences also persist in the price of labor, as you can see when you get a haircut in rural India or hire a driver or babysitter in Bolivia. You can easily buy such services at one-fiftieth the price you would pay in London, Hamburg or Manhattan. Thomas Pogge differencesprinciplespeople Let a man proclaim a new principle. Public sentiment will surely be on the other side. Thomas Reed principlessidesmen The several states composing the United States of America are not united on the principle of unlimited submission to their general government Thomas Jefferson governmentprinciplesamerica The danger to which the success of revolutions is most exposed, is that of attempting them before the principles on which they proceed, and the advantages to result from them, are sufficiently seen and understood. Thomas Paine revolutionprinciplesdanger The Grecians and Romans were strongly possessed of the spirit of liberty but not the principle, for at the time they were determined not to be slaves themselves, they employed their power to enslave the rest of mankind. Thomas Paine libertygovernmentprinciples The only guiding principle you can use is to make something that you want to see. Thomas Tull guiding-principlesprinciplesuse Godzilla it's not a remake, it's our chapter. I think what I'm most excited about is all the principles that we laid out in the beginning, I feel like we were able to hit on those things. Thomas Tull ableprinciplesthinking A single legislature, on account of the superabundance of its power, and the uncontrolled rabidity of its execution, becomes as dangerous to the principles of liberty as that of a despotic monarch. Thomas Paine libertypoliticalprinciples«101102103104105106107108109110111»
