Quotes About Principled

There's danger in being principled in the midst of a war, but I believe that it's more dangerous not to be." "What do you mean?" He seemed to be searching for the words. "I mean that I would rather die knowing I tried to do the right thing than live knowing I had turned my back. Do you understand?

Be careful in dealing with a man who cares nothing for sensual pleasures, nothing for comfort or praise or promotion, but is simply determined to do what he believes to be right. He is a dangerous and uncomfortable enemy because his body which you can always conquer gives you so little purchase over his soul.

What we wanted to do we went and did, on our legs upstanding, and we faced all reproof and censure on our legs upstanding, and did not hide behind the skirts of classical economists and bourgeois philosophers, nor behind the skirts of subsidized preachers, professors, and editors.

I won't say I'm uncompromising, but I won't compromise just for the hell of it.

I could've signed with a team after Portland cut me and just sat on the bench and collected paychecks, but that's not my style. That just seems really unethical. Besides, money doesn't matter to me. I've got enough money.

I am ready and prepared to work with the President, but I will not be a rubber stamp for any president.

Taking a principled and consistent stance over Iraq has attracted much criticism from our detractors and opponents.

Democrats are fighting fire with fire. Our principled stance on Medicare and Social Security is absolutely no different than the Republicans' stance on no revenue increases without cuts.

I can stand up for what I believe in. I don't take the word 'rebel' in a negative connotation.

As the blowback against those who stand up for what is right thickens, I feel it is necessary to push forward with a relentless determination.

I stand up to people.

I don't view Apple or myself as an activist. What we do is for some things where we think we have deep knowledge, or think we do, or a strong point of view, we're not shy. We'll stand up, speak out - even when our voice shakes.

I'm not scared of the president of the United States. And I'm not scared to stand up against the president of the United States.

I think people knew why I was doing what I was doing. They knew I wasn't part of an interest group. And, in a way, by attacking me, the Malaysian establishment identified me as someone who was principled and prepared to stand up to them.

Paul Ryan is the gold standard for conservatism.

I can be pretty harsh and judgmental. I'm a very harsh and judgmental person. I like morals, right and wrong. I like to see things in black-and-white when I can, so I will hold a lot of guys to an impossible standard.

Standing up to Ahmadinejad is not a partisan issue and should never be one.

I will never apologize for standing up against oppression and injustice in Israel or anywhere else.

Katie Otto goes after stuff she doesn't feel is right, and she stands up for it. I do that too, just kind of in a slightly kinder way because I'm from the South.

I think Jane Fonda is to be admired for her stands.

We need a principled foreign policy that consistently and resolutely stands up for freedom.

I want to make this perfectly clear: you can be sure that I will never be a yes-man except to my own conscience.

I'm a man of honour, a truthful person, a gentleman of absolute morality .

I am conservative, there's no doubt about it. But you can be conservative and still work with people, and that's what my intentions are.