Quotes About Principled

I have always hated slavery, I think, as much as any abolitionist. I have been an Old Line Whig. I have always hated it, but I have always been quiet about it until this new era of the introduction of the Nebraska Bill began.

I was unwilling and we remain unwilling to be part of the problem. I was unwilling to be part of the problem just to get to the office.

The courage in journalism is sticking up for the unpopular, not the popular.

Mr. Romney is quick to uphold rules great and small. During primary debates, when his rivals spoke out of turn or exceeded their allotted time, he would sometimes lecture them. When supporters ask Mr. Romney to sign dollar bills or American flags, he refuses and often gives them a little lesson about why doing so is against the law.

The roles that I get offered are very good and of serious women who are morally upright, righteous and honest.

I get roles where I'm the activist type or I'm always morally upright.

We need a principled leader who will unite our party by respecting all conservatives. A leader who can show more urban and suburban Canadians that their values of liberty, family and equality are at the core of our party.

We've always been a band that stood up for what we thought was right.

I was brought up in a household where you stood up to be counted.

I haven't been afraid to speak my mind with anything, and I have always stood up for what I believe in.

A fierce and principled opposition stops a fat, complacent government from making stupid mistakes.

My dad is a really honest, hardworking, straight guy.

I am an honest, straight guy.

I can't stand people who are backward. I am honest, straightforward. I don't like to pretend. And I will not change either.

I'm a right pain in the hole for my agent. I won't take certain parts if I think they're offensive or banal. For instance, I won't do a film if I think it's full of violence for violence's sake, or a television drama if I don't think it's intelligent writing.

Even if I have to stand alone, I will not be afraid to stand alone. I'm going to fight for you. I'm going to fight for what's right. I'm going to fight to hold people accountable

The conflicts of life and work, like those of rest and work, would ideally be resolved in balance: enough of each. In practice, however they probably can be resolved (if that is the word) only in tension, in a principled unwillingness to let go of either or to sacrifice either to the other. But it is a necessary tension, the grief in it both inescapable and necessary.

Perhaps modern esteem for these figures serves as a reminder that, though statesmen may have to struggle mightily to advance their cause, and though they may lose on an issue or come out on the wrong side in the judgment of history, their principled determination is sufficient to win them a place in people's hearts, long after they are gone.

You always know the mark of a coward. A coward hides behind freedom. A brave person stands in front of freedom and defends it for others.

Principled antipluralism and the commitment to "direct representation" explain another feature of populist politics

I can't be bought. I don't need to be bought. I'm not a careerist. I don't need to have a career in politics. I'm in a very, very luxurious position, but I am in a position of strength.

The issue of corruption in the humanitarian system is not an issue which is fundamentally different from dangers of corruption in other areas. One of the best ways to strengthen accountability is to engage in principled and law-based humanitarian action.

My mother was a Gandhian and very strict.

My dad was not someone who you would strike with a billy club and he wouldn't strike back. It just wasn't in him.