Quotes About Principle

Peace if possible, truth at all costs.

We must never settle for harmony at the expense of holiness, nor for peace at the expense of principle.

Reconciliation should be accompanied by justice, otherwise it will not last. While we all hope for peace it shouldn't be peace at any cost but peace based on principle, on justice.

Justice of right is always to take precedence over might.

I believe that a man is the strongest soldier for daring to die unarmed.

No compromise with the main purpose; no peace till victory; no pact with unrepentant wrong.

If I have to choose between peace and righteousness, I'll choose righteousness.

It is today an accepted principle of golfing architecture that the tiger should be teased and trapped and tested, while the rabbit should be left to peace, since he can make his own hell for himself.

The first principle of non-violent action is that of non-cooperation with everything humiliating.

We wish peace, but we wish the peace of justice, the peace of righteousness. We wish it because we think it is right and not because we are afraid.

People who are willing to give up freedom for the sake of short term security, deserve neither freedom nor security.

We believe that peace is hard-won, That sometimes it is necessary to fight for peace. But more than that, we believe that Justice is more important than peace.

A president must make decisions based upon principle and stand by the principles by which he makes decisions in order to achieve peace.

We should live, act, and say nothing to the injury of anyone. It is not only best as a matter of principle, but it is the path to peace and honor.

I realized that conservatism was the philosophy that best suited me, with its emphasis on individual liberty, personal responsibility, and merit.

Know the philosophy, know the details, and ignore everything in the middle.

Act only according to that maxim whereby you can at the same time will that it should become a universal law.

The thing that will make the biggest difference to your business, your bank account, your health and your relationships in the next 12 months is your philosophy

All things in the world of Nature are not controlled by Fate for the soul has a principle of its own.

The true Philosophy, known and practised by Solomon, is the basis on which Masonry is founded.

A fad lives its life in a few weeks; a philosophy lives through generations and centuries; a principle, forever.

You always really have to remain consistent in your beliefs and philosophy.

The only sacred cow is an organisation should be its basic philosophy of doing business.

In any compromise between food and poison, it is only death that can win. In any compromise between good and evil, it is only evil that can profit.