Quotes About Principle

We do not consecrate the flag by punishing its desecration, for in doing so, we dilute the freedom this cherished emblem represents.

Bankruptcy represents a longstanding commitment in this country to helping people get a fresh start. This principle has never been giving only certain people a fresh start.

Freedom of religion is a principle that is central to our Nation's Declaration of Independence. Congress has taken this positive step to protect our freedom to express allegiance to America's flag and the ideals it represents.

I believe that an independent judiciary is the crown jewel of our constitutional republic.

I am faithfully devoted to the Republic but will not serve it at the expense of my conscience and my honor.

We are not a banana republic.

I am a believer, but I affirm that in public buildings the law of the Republic overrides religious rules.

The integrity of our government, our Republic, fundamentally relies on the principle that no person, not even the president or the nation's chief law enforcement officer, is above our laws.

I just consider myself a Republican, none of this hyphenated stuff. I was a mainstream conservative Republican, and most people are in that category.

I'm never concerned about my beliefs hurting me in any way. I'd rather lose a job than have to lie.

Anything I do must have a line of idealism.

How can you be an atheist and have an ideology to go with it? To be an atheist is to be free of some areas of belief. I don't see how that can become an ideology.

I say I haven't lost my religion. I've lost my ideology.

I have fought for open immigration which is something I disagree with Nigel Farage on.

When your conscience says law is immoral, don't follow it.

I will do everything by apply with all the legal and apply with the rule of law. And the main important thing that I have to be fairness to everyone, not just only one person.

You cannot do wrong and feel right. It is impossible!

Obviously my knowledge of the game has improved but I've tried to keep true to what I believe in.

Conscience - the only incorruptible thing about us.

An Independent is someone who wants to take the politics out of politics.

An honorable man will not be bullied by a hypothesis.

The open society is one that is deemed in principle to embrace all humanity.

A patriot will esteem no man for being of his party.

With Suzuki, the commonsensical approach that would see Zen as a product of Japanese culture is inverted, and Japanese culture becomes a multifaceted expression of a unique phenomenon, or rather of a metaphysical principle named Zen.