Principle Quotes - page 14

Since the generality of persons act from impulse, much more than from principle, men are neither so good nor so bad as we are apt to think them. (Augustus Hare)
Our nation is built on the bedrock principle that governments derive their just powers from the consent of the governed. View quote
Adrian Cronauer
The House is rooted in the principle of direct elections and is unique among all branches and bodies of the federal government as without exception, the people's voice. View quote
Charles W. Pickering
I maintain that the House is bound by the Constitution to receive the petitions; after which, it will take such method of deciding upon them as reason and principle shall dictate. View quote
Caleb Cushing
The principle of subordination is the great bond of union and harmony through the universe. View quote
Catharine Beecher
The first principle of the market economy is that it is comprised of many small buyers and sellers, which implies a substantial degree of equity. Another fundamental market principle is that costs are internalized in the producer's price. View quote
David Korten
Most electronic equipment uses the principle of amplification. You need filters, modulators and mixing equipment which have gain stages. By piling these components up, I was able to work without any sound generators and I made several pieces in that manner. View quote
David Tudor
Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed. View quote
DeForest Soaries
Country people do not behave as if they think life is short; they live on the principle that it is long, and savor variations of the kind best appreciated if most days are the same. View quote
Edward Hoagland
To that movement, consecrated by religious principle, sustained by an awful sense of justice, and cheered by the brightest hopes of future good, all our powers, talents, and attainments are devoted. View quote
George Ripley
We've committed many war crimes in Vietnam - but I'll tell you something interesting about that. We were committing war crimes in World War II, before the Nuremberg trials were held and the principle of war crimes was stated. (George Wald)
I hate liberality - nine times out of ten it is cowardice, and the tenth time lack of principle. View quote
Henry Addington, 1st Viscount Sidmouth
What gets me excited is the original principle. View quote
Heston Blumenthal
This source of corruption, alas, is inherent in the democratic system itself, and it can only be controlled, if at all, by finding ways to encourage legislators to subordinate ambition to principle. View quote
James L. Buckley
The organizing principle, which according to an eternal law creates the different essential organs of the body, and animates them, is not itself seated in one particular organ. View quote
Johannes Peter Muller
Expressions of affection, like putting your arm around someone's shoulder, holding hands, or giving a kiss good night, involve the principle of honesty. View quote
John Bytheway
In the book I define conservatism, as I believe it is fit upon four categories of principle: respect for The Constitution, respect for life, less government, and personal responsibility. View quote
Jonathan Krohn
I am committed to the principle that violence is never justified as a means of ameliorating a grievance. View quote
Justin Sane
That was the principle of reparations to which President Truman agreed at Potsdam. And the United States will not agree to the taking from Germany of greater reparations than was provided by the Potsdam Agreement. View quote
James F. Byrnes
When I conform to truth, I do not conform to an abstract principle; I conform to the nature of God. View quote
Kenneth Lee Pike
So I really did stop and change what I saw I was about, and really try to put that principle into play as the center of everything - my friendships, my marriage, my career, my family, my way of being in the world. And that changed everything for me. (Kathy Mattea)
We are accountable for our actions as we exercise our moral agency. If we understand this principle and make righteous choices, our lives will be blessed. View quote
L. Lionel Kendrick
The principle element in a performance is risk, and if you're losing interest then by scaring yourself to death the audience will feel it and boy it'll wake them up. View quote
Leo Kottke
Welfare distorts behavior, makes one less personally responsible and reduces the role of private charity. This principle applies to corporate welfare. View quote
Larry Elder
Everybody's for democracy in principle. It's only in practice that the thing gives rise to stiff objections. View quote
Meg Greenfield