Quotes About Principle

Though he had determined upon this in the first moment of joyful enthusiasm, yet the delay of four-and-twenty hours had made a material change in his feelings; his most virtuous resolves were always rather the effect of sudden impulse than of steady principle. But when the tide of passion had swept away the landmarks, he had no method of ascertaining the boundaries of right and wrong.

It is not the color of the skin that makes the man or the woman, but the principle formed in the soul. Brilliant wit will shine, come from whence it will; and genius and talent will not hide the brightness of its lustre.

You must never be fearful of what you are doing when it is right.

Forgiveness is a stunning principle, your ticket out of hate and fear and chaos.

When you abandon freedom to achieve security, you lose both and deserve neither.

I will not trade freedom for beneficence nor my dignity for a handout.

We stand for freedom. That is our conviction for ourselves; that is our only commitment to others.

Freedom is indivisible. As soon as one starts to restrict it, one enters upon a decline on which it is difficult to stop.

Freedom can be preserved only if it is treated as a supreme principle which must not be sacrificed for particular advantages.

America is a friend of freedom everywhere, but a custodian only of our own.

One principle is the universality of freedom. I'm a freedom lover.

I'm for freedom, which I believe is a universal value that every human being is and that is a gift from God.

Act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world.

In the most civilized and progressive countries freedom of discussion is recognized as a fundamental principle.

Everybody's for democracy in principle. It's only in practice that the thing gives rise to stiff objections.

I can remember when Democrats believed that it was the duty of America to fight for freedom over tyranny.

I would prefer to remain in prison for another 20 years than bargain my beliefs for freedom.

The spirit of liberty is the spirit that is not quite sure it is right.

But I - and I just think it's very - one of the problems of defending the extraordinary principle of freedom of speech is that you have to defend freedom of speech for people like that too.

He who gives up freedom for safety deserves neither.

The First Amendment freedom of religion is as important today as when the Bill of Rights was first written.

We are built on a structure of the freedom of religion and the non-establishment of religion. That really is a pretty sturdy rudder for the U.S.

Freedom can't be kept for nothing. If you set a high value on liberty, you must set a low value on everything else.

I'm standing for real freedom.