Principles Quotes
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I don't really have a system or set of principles. It's kind of common sense mixed up with instinct.
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For we do not think that we know a thing until we are acquainted with its primary conditions or first principles, and have carried our analysis as far as its simplest elements.
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Human nature is perpetual. In most respects it is the same today as in the time of Caesar. So the principles of psychology are fixed and enduring.
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Deepest principle of human nature is to be appreciated.
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We want spiritual principles to be more than beautiful abstractions; we want them to actually transform our lives.
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When one cultivates to the utmost the principles of his nature, and exercises them on the principle of reciprocity, he is not far from the path.
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The simplest kind of decision is binary: that is, the question can be answered, in principle at least, by either yes or no.
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Moral principles have lost their distinctiveness. For modern man, absolute right and absolute wrong are a matter of what the majority is doing.
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On pragmatistic principles, if the hypothesis of God works satisfactorily in the widest sense of the word, it is true.
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Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles.
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When somebody takes a stand for principles, no matter what side they are on, they have my admiration. And when they take a stand for principles of freedom and refusing o give up your constitutional rights, then I think the guy is kind of a modern American hero.
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The Fundamental Principle that governs - or ought to govern -human affairs if we wish to avoid misunderstandings, conflicts, or pointless utopias, is negotiation.
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We start with first principles. The Constitution creates a Federal Government of enumerated powers.
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Thus then a single harmony orders the composition of the whole...by the mingling of the most contrary principles.
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Dangerous consequences will follow when politicians and rulers forget moral principles. Whether we believe in God or karma, ethics is the foundation of every religion.
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From a political perspective, it is important to uphold certain universal principles so that, for example, you can condemn both Islamist forms of violence and injustice as well as forms of violence and injustice from other groups - some superpowers, for example, or the English Defence League, as other examples.
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Their style emphasized four bedrock principles: Surprise Aggressiveness Deception The leader’s personal presence in the battle.
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It's all very well to have principles, but when it comes to money you have to be flexible.
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...as I apprehend the Buddhist doctrine of karma, I agree in principle with that.
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Evolution by natural selection is not an idle hypothesis. The genetic variation on which selection acts is well understood in principle all the way down to the molecular level.
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I'm many things, most of 'em bad. But a man of political principles? No.
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It’s necessary to have new faces, but it’s not sufficient. What is sufficient is that these people know what to do. It’s about new, young professionals - young not just in age but in attitudes and principles.
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The laws are, and ought to be, relative to the constitution, and not the constitution to the laws. A constitution is the organization of offices in a state, and determines what is to be the governing body, and what is the end of each community. But laws are not to be confounded with the principles of the constitution; they are the rules according to which the magistrates should administer the state, and proceed against offenders.
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When you cannot answer a skeptic, be content to wait for more light; but never forsake a great principle.
