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The principle of the Gothic architecture is infinity made imaginable.
Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.
If you ask me to compromise on principle, I will get out the veto pen.
The one great principle of English law is to make business for itself.
I think anything which improves services is in principle a good thing.
The deepest principle in human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
Empathy is a virtue, but it should not be a guiding judicial principle.
Universal suffrage is sound in principle. The radical element is right.
I thank the Lord for the great principle of repentance and forgiveness.
Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle.
This I consider to be a valuable principle in life: Do no thing in excess.
Islam is in principle egalitarian, and has always had problems with power.
There again, that is a fundamental principle: no two situations are alike.
Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle.
Anybody can decide a question if only a single principle is in controversy.
If there's a principle really worth sticking up for, I'll go the whole way.
You see, God helps only people who work hard. That principle is very clear.
One just principle from the depths of a cave is more powerful than an army.
Cheerfulness, sir, is the principle ingredient in the composition of health.
All human actions are equivalent and all are on principle doomed to failure.
The basic principle is I command, and my employees carry it out immediately.
We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end.
I've given my life to the principle and the ideal of memory, and remembrance.
The extension of women's rights is the basic principle of all social progress.
I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.
Now, there is no way to say how long some projects take, that's our principle.
The vast majority of politicians think they are functioning on high principle.
All human actions are equivalent... and all are on principle doomed to failure.
Protecting free speech is not only a matter of principle, it is also pragmatic.
As a matter of principle, Republicans do not believe in federal price controls.
The rule of law is the most basic principle on which our Constitution is based.
The principle of evil in Europe is the enervating spirit of Russian absolutism.
To light one candle to God and another to the Devil is the principle of wisdom.
Virtue cannot separate itself from reality without becoming a principle of evil.
Power focuses on self-preservation; principle focuses on making ideas successful.
The most important principle of environment is that you are not the only element.
Act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world.
The first and only principle of sexual ethics: the accuser is always in the wrong.
My guiding principle has always been that we do better when we respect one another.
So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world.
The question I should have asked is not what is the rule, but what is the principle.
I'm not against censorship in principle. Not at all. Some things should be censored.
It's an Islamic principle that you must follow the law of the land where you reside.
Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.
I am a radical in thought (and principle) and a conservative in method (and conduct).
It is impossible, in principle, to explain any pattern by invoking a single quantity.
The principle of not negotiating with terrorists is the only thing we can hold on to.
Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
This principle is old, but true as fate, Kings may love treason, but the traitor hate.