Quotes About Principles

If elected Speaker, I promise you that we will have the courage to lead the fight for our conservative principles and make our case to the American people. But we will also have the wisdom to listen to our constituents and each other so that we always move forward together.

For liberals, generally speaking, honoring procedures - means - is the core of what being 'principled' means. For conservatives, fighting for the right outcome - ends - even at the expense of procedural nicety, is what being 'principled' means.

In addressing you I feel that I am not so much speaking to the representatives of diverse States of Europe and America as to the exponents of principles and hopes that are common to us all, and without which our life on earth would be a life without horizon or prospect.

When we talk about self-confrontations, we are speaking about moral issues rather than social issues.

While the other parties look at polls and focus groups to decide what they stand for, and pander to every special interest group, we follow our principles.

We chose more freedom instead of more government. We chose the principles of our founding to solve the challenges of our time. We chose a special man to lead us in a special time. We chose Mitt Romney to lead our nation.

What does it mean to be an American? While each of us may have our own specific answer to that question, we likely can agree on the basic principles of America: freedom, equal opportunity, and rights accompanied by responsibilities.

I never aligned myself specifically with the anti-war movement.

Native Americans are the original inhabitants of the land that now constitutes the United States. They have helped develop the fundamental principles of freedom of speech and separation of powers that form the foundation of the United States Government.

Free speech is one of the founding principles of our republic.

We need to defend principles like democracy, freedom of speech, gender equality, and the rule of law through exemplifying these on a global scale, not through the same cynical, isolationist policies which have eroded these so-called 'British' values across the rest of the world.

Concerns about the size and role of government are what seem to leave reformers stammering and speechless in town-hall meetings. The right wants to have a debate over fundamental principles; elected Democrats seem incapable of giving it to them.

Not long ago, in response to a spell of insomnia, I learned some of the principles of meditation, to empty my mind piece by piece. It was like the old game of jacks - cautiously lifting each jack clear of its neighbor until only the empty background remained.

You cannot take shortcuts. We've shown that we can spend more on ingredients, not less, and charge a fair price.

Relativity must replace absolutism in the realm of morals as well as in the spheres of physics and biology.

Spirit of cricket is not about just the guidelines provided.

I have been committed to carrying out my duties... in accordance with both the letter and spirit of all applicable rules of ethics and canons of conduct.

Every society rests in the last resort on the recognition of common principles and common ideals, and if it makes no moral or spiritual appeal to the loyalty of its members, it must inevitably fall to pieces.

I find books that have a moral and spiritual center, that speak to what is really important and lasting, hugely appealing.

Religion comes with several diktats but spirituality doesn't have any rules.

If I must fight, I'll fight; but I prefer not to spit at my enemy beforehand.

The principles of punk-rock culture, of self-expression and DIY culture, that really spoke to me.

Our way of life, our government defines the way America is. I mean, it's not luck.

Everyone knows the principles of Beautiful life but, only few of them have opportunities to follow them.