Quotes About Principles

Sometimes it's better to bend the law a little in special cases.

We're so rarely called on to be Christians, but when we are, we've got men like Atticus to go for us.

I heard 'Equal rights for all; special privileges for none,' and to me it didn't mean anything but what it said.

but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

said Atticus, "but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

Her favorite game was golf because its essential principles consisted of a stick, a small ball, and a state of mind.

Lo único que no se rige por la mayoría es la conciencia de uno.

I heard something once. I heard a slogan and it stuck in my head. I heard 'Equal rights for all; special privileges for none' and to me it didn't mean anything but what it said.

before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience,' said Atticus.

Henry, how can you live with yourself?" "It's comparatively easy. Sometimes I just don't vote my convictions, that's all.

I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

La coscienza è l'unica cosa che non debba conformarsi al volere della maggioranza.

They're certainly entitled to think that, and they're entitled to full respect for their opinions," said Atticus, "but before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide by majority rule is a person's conscience.

cómo puedes vivir con tu conciencia? —Es relativamente fácil. Simplemente, a veces no voto según mis convicciones, eso es todo. —Hank

You are using frightful means to justify ends that you think are for the good of the most people. Your ends may well be right—I think I believe in the same ends—but you cannot use people as your pawns, Atticus. You cannot.

Sometimes I just don't vote my convictions, that's all.

Vienintelis dalykas, kuris nepriklauso nuo daugumos, yra žmogaus s?žin?.

For a number of reasons, said Atticus. The main one is, if I didn't I couldn't hold up my head in town, I couldn't represent this county in the legislature, I couldn't even tell you or Jem not to do something again. (Lee 177)

Có má»™t th? không tuân theo nguyên t?c s? Ä'ông. ?ó là lÆ°Æ¡ng tâm con ng??i

But before I can live with other folks I've got to live with myself. The one thing that doesn't abide my majority rule is a person's conscience.

I wanted you to see something about her—I wanted you to see what real courage is, instead of getting the idea that courage is a man with a gun in his hand.

Americans] have realized many things for which the rest of the world is still struggling...[yet] the civilization and the morals of the Americans fall far below their own principles.

Life doesn't require ideals. It requires standards of action.

Principles and logic didn't give birth to reality. Reality came first, and the principles and logic followed.