Quotes by Principles This is not going away. At this point of unimaginable threats on the horizon, this is what hope looks like. In these times of a morally bankrupt government that has sold out its principles, this is what patriotism looks like. With countless lives on the line, this is what love looks like, and it will only grow. Tim DeChristopher going-awaygovernmentprinciples The principles applied in economic processes are general social principles. Thomas Sowell economicprinciplessocial Unbounded morality ultimately becomes counterproductive even in terms of the same moral principles being sought. The law of diminishing returns applies to morality. Thomas Sowell returnprincipleslaw Time indeed changes manners and notions, and so far we must expect institutions to bend to them. But time produces also corruption of principles, and against this it is the duty of good citizens to be ever on the watch, and if the gangrene is to prevail at last, let the day be kept off as long as possible. Thomas Jefferson principleswatcheslong I have always been determined to never compromise my faith or my principles. I always relied on my God-given talent when I took the field. So the idea of using PED's to enhance my performance was a line I chose not to cross. Tim Salmon linesprinciplesideas Lay down true principles and adhere to them inflexibly. Do not be frightened into their surrender by the alarms of the timid, or the croakings of wealth against the ascendency of the people. Thomas Jefferson alarmsprinciplespeople A departure from principle in one instance becomes a precedent for a second; that second for a third; and so on, till the bulk of the society is reduced to be mere automatons of misery, to have no sensibilities left but for sin and suffering. Thomas Jefferson adversityprinciplessuffering But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle. We have been called by different names brethren of the same principle. We are all Republicans, we are all Federalists. Thomas Jefferson differencesprinciplesnames We are now trusting to those who are against us in position and principle, to fashion to their own form the minds and affections of our youth... This canker is eating on the vitals of our existence, and if not arrested at once, will be beyond remedy. Thomas Jefferson fashionprinciplesmind We ought not to schismatize on either men or measures. Principles alone can justify that. Thomas Jefferson politicsprinciplesmen Hitler understood the demagogues' essential principle to teach or persuade is far more difficult than to stir emotion. Tim Wu essentialsemotionprinciples What a mathematical proof actually does is show that certain conclusions, such as the irrationality of , follow from certain premises, such as the principle of mathematical induction. The validity of these premises is an entirely independent matter which can safely be left to philosophers. Timothy Gowers independentprinciplesdoe not to find out new principles, or new arguments, never before thought of . . . but to place before mankind the common sense of the subject, in terms so plain and firm as to command their assent, and to justify ourselves in the independent stand we are compelled to take. Thomas Jefferson common-senseindependentprinciples Religion operates on the principle 'I obey-therefore I am accepted by God.' But the operating principle of the gospel is 'I am accepted by God through what Christ has done-therefore I obey.' Timothy Keller doneprincipleschrist Principle will, in... most... cases open the way for us to correct conclusion. Thomas Jefferson casesprinciplesway The purpose of establishing different houses of legislation is to introduce the influence of different interests or different principles. Thomas Jefferson politicalprincipleshouse The diffusion of information and the arraignment of all abuses at the bar of public reason, I deem [one of] the essential principles of our government, and consequently [one of] those which ought to shape its administration. Thomas Jefferson abusegovernmentprinciples Were I to be the founder of a new sect, I would call them Apiarians, and, after the example of the bee, advise them to extract the honey of every sect. My fundamental principle would be ... that we are to be saved by our good works which are within our power, and not by our faith which is not within our power. Thomas Jefferson principlesexamplewould-be There are two amendments only which I am anxious for: 1. A bill of rights, which it is so much the interest of all to have that I conceive it must be yielded...2. The restoring of the principle of necessary rotation, particularly to the Senate and Presidency, but most of all to the last. Thomas Jefferson principlesrightstwo It is not the principled partisan, however obnoxious he may seem to his opponents, who degrades our public debate, but the preening, self-styled statesman who elevates compromise to a first principle. Tom DeLay politicalprinciplesself«103104105106107108109110111112113»
