Quotes by Principles Peter's Principle: In an organization, each person rises to the level of his own incompetence. Laurence J. Peter organizationprincipleswork The individual makes a clear effort to define moral values and principles that have validity and application apart from the authority of the groups of persons holding them and apart from the individual's own identification with the group. Lawrence Kohlberg groupseffortprinciples It is a strange irony that the principles of science should seem to deny the necessary conviction of common sense. Lawrence Joseph Henderson common-sensestrangeprinciples Under the principle of equality, we should get as close to respecting equal votes of every citizen as we can, given our constitutional structure. And I think if we did that, then the will of the people would not be overturned. Lawrence Lessig principlespeoplethinking The principle, that should be a fundamental principle in our democracy, the principle of "one person, one vote," says that the vote of every American should count equally. And if it does, Hillary Clinton should be the president of the United States. Lawrence Lessig democracyprinciplespresident The value of "one person, one vote," the value of equality, is a value that was given to us more than 50 years ago as a central part of our constitutional tradition. So, under that principle, we ought to be applying the same standard today that I would have said we should have applied a year ago. Lawrence Lessig principlesshould-haveyears My research is like my feeling directed towards what is the principal value in the life, the poetry. Le Corbusier researchprinciplesfeelings We ought to be respecting the principle of equality. Lawrence Lessig oughtprinciples But in spite of the obvious effectiveness of mathematics in physics, I have never heard of a good a prioriargument that the world must be organised to mathematical principles. Lee Smolin effectivenesswords-of-wisdomprinciples You can use principles of the free market to drive social change. Leila Janah principlessocialuse True love is impossible for those to whom principles mean little. Len Smith principleslove-ismean The principle element in a performance is risk, and if you're losing interest then by scaring yourself to death the audience will feel it and boy it'll wake them up. Leo Kottke riskprinciplesboys I'm all in favor of the democratic principle that one idiot is as good as one genius, but I draw the line when someone takes the next step and concludes that two idiots are better than one genius. Leo Szilard next-stepsprinciplestwo As long as human labor power, and, consequently, life itself, remain articles of sale and purchase, of exploitation and robbery, the principle of the “sacredness of human life” remains a shameful lie, uttered with the object of keeping the oppressed slaves in their chains. Leon Trotsky principleslonglying Thus you see, most noble Sir, how this type of solution to the Königsberg bridge problem bears little relationship to mathematics, and I do not understand why you expect a mathematician to produce it, rather than anyone else, for the solution is based on reason alone, and its discovery does not depend on any mathematical principle. Leonhard Euler principlesbridgesdiscovery Principles for the Development of a Complete Mind: Study the science of art. Study the art of science. Develop your senses- especially learn how to see. Realize that everything connects to everything else. Leonardo da Vinci principlesmindart The Tao's principle is spontaneity. Laozi taotaoismprinciples The Tao principle is what happens of itself. Laozi taotaoismprinciples If an economy is to sustain progress, it must satisfy the basic principles of ecology. If it does not, it will decline and eventually collapse. There is no middle ground Lester R. Brown progressprinciplesdoe The republic stands for truth and honour. For all that is noblest in our race. By truth and honour, principle and sacrifice alone will Ireland be free. Liam Mellows sacrificeprinciplesrace«6061626364656667686970»
