Quotes by Principles The foundation of our national policy will be laid in the pure and immutable principle of private morality. George Washington foundationpoliticsprinciples The fundamental principle of our constitution ... enjoins the sense of command, duty that the will of the majority shall prevail. George Washington majorityprinciplesfundamentals So far as I am acquainted with the principles and doctrines of Freemasonry, I conceive it to be founded in benevolence and to be exercised only for the good of mankind. George Washington masonicdoctrineprinciples I probably have mellowed down a bit. But when it comes to principles, I still have to make a stand. Gordon Wu beliveprinciplesaction Principles without programs are platitudes. George Bernard Shaw platitudesprogramprinciples Assassination is the extreme form of censorship; and it seems hard to justify an incitement to it on anti-censorial principles. George Bernard Shaw censorshippoliticsprinciples Capitalism justified itself and was adopted as an economic principle on the express ground that it provides selfish motives for doing good, and that human beings will do nothing except for selfish motives George Bernard Shaw justifiedselfishprinciples So much of the habitat destruction and pollution is based on the simple principle that we somehow have been given free license over other species to degrade the planet. Greg Graffin habitatprinciplessimple Sometimes (at least in principle) God might allow some evil because doing so will prevent a greater evil, and sometimes He might allow evil because it will produce a greater good. Greg Koukl principlesevilmight Moral issues are always terribly complex for someone without principles. Gilbert K. Chesterton issuesmoralprinciples It is impossible, in principle, to explain any pattern by invoking a single quantity. Gregory Bateson patternsprinciplesinsomnia The United States is a Christian nation founded upon Christian principles and beliefs. George W. Bush united-statesprincipleschristian There is an infinity of political errors which, being once adopted, become principles. Guillaume Thomas Francois Raynal errorspoliticalprinciples I had to abandon free market principles in order to save the free market system. George W. Bush free-marketprinciplesorder It is better to be defeated standing for a high principle than to run by committing subterfuge. Grover Cleveland defeatedprinciplesrunning Men and times change-but principles-never. Grover Cleveland principlesmen America is conservative in fundamental principles... but the principles conserved are liberal and some, indeed, are radical. Gunnar Myrdal principlesfundamentalsamerica If work and leisure are soon to be subordinated to this one utopian principle - absolute busyness - then utopia and melancholy will come to coincide: an age without conflict will dawn, perpetually busy - and without consciousness. Gunter Grass principlesdawnage The principle of realism means denial of the ideal. Gustave Courbet denialprinciplesmean Either this is logical and true, or else the principles on which economic science is based are invalid. Gustave de Molinari economiclogicalprinciples«3637383940414243444546»
