Quotes by Principles Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those things which a man should resist on principle at the onset. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton principlesmenpeople The big tech companies understood that the government had not only damaged American principles, it had hurt their businesses. Edward Snowden governmentprincipleshurt Quantum mechanics brought an unexpected fuzziness into physics because of quantum uncertainty, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle. String theory does so again because a point particle is replaced by a string, which is more spread out. Edward Witten uncertainty-principleprinciplesdoe Language is the leading principle which unites or separates the tribes of mankind. Edward Gibbon tribeslanguageprinciples No government ought to exist for the purpose of checking the prosperity of its people or to allow such a principle in its policy. Edmund Burke governmentprinciplespeople Why should the soul ever repose? God, its Principle, reposes never. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton principlessoulshould The more you build your life on principle and less on personality - yours or others - the straighter will be your course. Edwin Louis Cole coursesprinciplespersonality The principles of a free constitution are irrecoverably lost, when the legislative power is nominated by the executive. Edward Gibbon constitutionprinciplespower The grave is, I suspect, the sole commonwealth which attains that dead flat of social equality that life in its every principle so heartily abhors. Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton gravesprinciplessocial Whenever the spirit of fanaticism, at once so credulous and so crafty, has insinuated itself into a noble mind, it insensibly corrodes the vital principles of virtue and veracity. Edward Gibbon nobleprinciplesmind When I talk about the polling, I'm talking about the principles. It shows these officials are knowingly attempting to shift public opinion, even though they know what they say is not factual. Edward Snowden public-opinionprinciplestalking This is the central principle of meditation: we become what we meditate on. Eknath Easwaran principlesmeditation The vehemence of my moral indignation surprised me. Was I beginning to have standards and principles, and, oh dear, scruples? What were they, and what would I do with them, and how much were they going to get in my way? Elaine Dundy vehemenceprinciplesway One ought to be against racism and sexism because they are wrong, not because one is black or one is female. Eleanor Holmes Norton blackprinciplesracism The only way I could be extradited is through the principle of what my lawyers call "politics trumps law." Edward Snowden principleslawway If I am confirmed, I will commit to show Heller and the principles articulated in it the full measure of respect that is due to all constitution decisions of the court. Elena Kagan constitutionprinciplesdecision It is possible to state as a general principle that the mesodermic phagocytes, which originally (as in the sponges of our days) acted as digestive cells, retained their role to absorb the dead or weakened parts of the organism as much as different foreign intruders. Elie Metchnikoff cellsprinciplesscience The will of God is not something you add to your life. It’s a course you choose. You either line yourself up with the Son of God…or you capitulate to the principle which governs the rest of the world. Elisabeth Elliot principlesaddson The Occupy movement needs an organizing principle, and - just as the Tea Party did - it needs some actual measures of success. Choose one candidate whose agenda is squarely within that of the movement and make his or her electoral success a focal point. Eliot Spitzer partyprinciplestea I've given my life to the principle and the ideal of memory, and remembrance. Elie Wiesel remembranceprinciplesmemories«2425262728293031323334»
