Quotes About Principle

A man should never put on his best trousers when he goes out to battle for freedom and truth

Those who sacrifice freedom for safety deserve neither.

I may not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.

Atheism is a religion like abstinence is a sex position.

I think a man ought to get drunk at least twice a year just on principle, so he won't let himself get snotty about it.

Defender la alegría como una trinchera Defenderla de la rutina y del escándalo, de las ausencias transitorias y definitivas. Defender la alegría como un principio... de las dulces infamias y graves diagnósticos. Defender la alegría como un destino. Como una certeza. Defender la alegría como un derecho...

Some people don't realize there are inevitable wars that just have to be fought. Pacifism isn't always noble, and it isn't always intelligent. You have to stand up for some things in this world.

Strike from mankind the principle of faith and men would have no more history than a flock of sheep.

Woran du glaubst, dafür sollst du leben und sterben.

Briefly, the Regulative Principle states that everything we do in a corporate worship gathering must be clearly warranted by Scripture. Clear warrant can either take the form of an explicit biblical command, or a good and necessary implication of a biblical text.

Rubio became just another dispiriting casualty of Trump's moral slaughter of the Republican Party. He was another in the parade of leaders willing to discard every principle they once held for the purpose of staying in office.

Doesn't matter what the politicians or the mobs say. Doesn't matter if the whole country decides that something WRONG is something RIGHT. This nation was founded on one principle above all else: the requirement that we stand up for what we believe, no matter the odds or the consequences. When the mob and the press and the whole WORLD tell you to move, your job is to plant yourself like a tree beside the river of truth, and tell the whole world-- --"No, YOU move.

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

not meant to serve the political expedients of a class of governing masterminds and their fanatical followers.

George Mason professor Tim Groseclose argues that another effect [of a liberal media] is the "extremism-redefined principle," in which "the terms 'mainstream' and 'extreme' take on new meaning within the group. When the group is, say, very liberal, mainstream Democratic positions begin to be considered centrist, and positions that would normally be considered extremely left-wing become common place.

Son, in life you do not fight battles because you expect to win... ...you fight them merely because they need to be fought. -Snagglepuss

Perseverance is a principle that should be commendable in those who have judgment to govern it

I am different from Washington; I have a higher, grander standard of principle. Washington could not lie. I can lie, but I won't.

Truth is the most valuable thing we have, so I try to conserve it.

I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't.

Each man must for himself alone decide what is right and what is wrong, which course is patriotic and which isn't. You cannot shirk this and be a man. To decide against your conviction is to be an unqualified and excusable traitor, both to yourself and to your country, let men label you as they may.

A patriot is mocked, scorned and hated; yet when his cause succeeds, all men will join him, for then it costs nothing to be a patriot.

Adam and Eve had many advantages, but the principle one was that they escaped teething.

Always do right. This will gratify some people and astonish the rest.