Quotes About Principle

If it were necessary either to do wrong or to suffer it, I should choose to suffer rather than do it.

The meaning is, I believe, that in the human soul there is a better and also a worse principle; and when the better has the worse under control, then a man is said to be master of himself; and this is a term of praise: but when, owing to evil education or association, the better principle, which is also the smaller, is overwhelmed by the greater mass of the worse—in this case he is blamed and is called the slave of self and unprincipled. Yes

And if we only have a guardian who has this knowledge our State will be perfectly ordered? Of course, he replied; but I wish that you would tell me whether you conceive this supreme principle of the good to be knowledge or pleasure, or different from either? Aye

question—What is justice, stripped of appearances?

Having grasped this principle, it reverses itself and, keeping hold of what follow from it, comes down to a conclusion, making no use of anything visible at all, but only of forms themselves, moving on through forms to forms, and ending in forms.

Lo mío es obedecer a la ley y abogar por mi causa.

because he is just; moreover he is hated by his friends and acquaintance for refusing to serve them in unlawful ways.

DoÄŸru olan, yaln?z güçlünün iÅŸine geleni yapmak deÄŸil, tersini de, iÅŸine gelmeyeni yapmakt?r

the acting force in the Sage is the Intellective Principle [the diviner phase of the human Soul] which therefore is itself his presiding spirit or is guided by a presiding spirit of its own, no other than the very Divinity.

Politics, he thought sourly. It was not, as the philosopher Ajencis had written, the negotiation of advantage within communities of men; it was more an absurd auction than an exercise in oratory. One bartered principle and piety to accomplish what principle and piety demanded. One sullied himself in order to be cleansed.

We may disagree with the morality of a law, but we cannot deny the moral concern of a law.

Anything worthwhile is worth fighting for,' Claire said. 'Not always with guns and stuff. But with … taking a stand. Right?

With you it is always the law, never equity.

When you acted on principle tempered by compassion, there was sooner or later always someone with a saw. He

When you acted on principle tempered by compassion, there was sooner or later always someone with a saw.

Also, the Israelites must have admired this man who chose to be one of them, when he could have led an utterly charmed life as an Egyptian prince.

I would not worship a God who is homophobic and that is how deeply I feel about this. I would refuse to go to a homophobic heaven. No, I would say sorry, I mean I would much rather go to the other place.

The law's a necessary evil--we canna be doing without it--but do ye not think it a poor substitute for conscience?

Adaletle zorbal?k aras?nda çok ince bir çizgi var.

Not then. There are things worth dying or starving for—but not words.

A faith is something you die for, a doctrine is something you kill for. There is all the difference in the world.

But i think it would drive me more crazy to just go do a movie that I didn't believe in, you know?

I don't duck and dodge, I don't pick fights.

I went to Iraq in 2004 because I believe in doing my duty, not because I agreed with the war.