Quotes About Principle

Now, there is no way to say how long some projects take, that's our principle.

Real heroes are those who face death for a principle - say, to save the lives of others - without any promise of reward.

I tend to work on the principle that much humour relies on cognitive dissonance - on the foreground not matching the background, on the protagonist's response to a situation being inappropriate, and so on.

The national Democratic Party has embraced abortion on demand. I believe this position is wrong in principle and out of the mainstream of our party's historic commitment to protecting the powerless.

Promoting and protecting human rights internationally is not just a matter of principle or morality - doing so also serves our national security interests.

Protecting the sanctity of life is a matter of principle.

Equal protection under the law - for race, religion, gender or sexual orientation - should not be subject to the most popular sentiments of the day.

Prosperity is the best protector of principle.

I've just always done what I've felt is best, according to what the Bible tells me. That's why I started protesting, and that's what I continue to do every day.

If I think something is right, I'll fight for it - always have. If it's wrong or I've been proved wrong, I'll walk away, and I'll apologise.

Oh yes, I believe that. It's a lovely idea. But you can't believe things because they're a lovely idea. But I do. That's how I believe.

And, after boasting this way of my tolerance, I come to the admission that it has a limit. Conduct may be founded on the hard rock or the wet marshes, but after a certain point I don't care what it's founded on.

And, after boasting this way of my tolerance, I come to the admission that it has a limit. Conduct may be founded on the hard rock or the wet marshes but after a certain point I don't care what it's founded on.

He expressed his lack of principle by sweeping a seltzer bottle with a broad gesture to noisy extinction on the floor, but this did not interrupt his speech.

Ciascuno di noi si suppone dotato di almeno una delle virtù cardinali, e questa è la mia: sono una delle poche persone oneste che abbia mai conosciuto

Easy!" he said. "Just like two and two always add up to four, kindness and forgiveness is always right, hate and revenge is always wrong. It's a fail-proof system; if you just stick to that one simple rule, why, you couldn't make a mistake if you tried." He sat back and crossed his arms. "Pretty neat, huh?

The thing for you to do is write something with a delayed reaction like those capsules that take an hour to melt in your stomach. In this way, it could be performed on Monday and not make them vomit until Wednesday, by which time they would not be sure who was to blame. This is the principle I operate under and I find it works very well.

I don't fight anybody anytime or anywhere.

I stand firm in what I believe in.

I am a firm believer. I don't follow any particular religion. That's the way I was brought up.

I believe in the First Amendment.

Whoever stands by a just cause cannot possibly be called a terrorist.

I want you to know that California is your sanctuary. We will always be a place where you can be whoever you are and become whoever you dream of being. California will always stand up for you. That's a principle that's bigger than partisanship, more powerful than any president.

I believe that any candidate who supports the war should not receive our support. It doesn't matter if they're Senator Clinton or whoever.