Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.

In principle the great religions of the world do not differ as much as they appear to.

It's a principle of my philosophy that you have to respect the individual human being.

I take it to be a principle rule of life, not to be too much addicted to any one thing.

Instead of embracing change, the E.U.'s precautionary principle has held back progress.

The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.

When a fellow says, 'It ain't the money but the principle of the thing,' it's the money.

Chinese civilisation is so systematic that wild animals have been abolished on principle.

Israel has an important principle: It is only Israel that is responsible for our security.

The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency.

In principle, skeptics are neither closed-minded nor cynical. We are curious but cautious.

Bernie Sanders is a serious person with a lifetime of consistent campaigning on principle.

To be in front of an audience and pretending, and to lie, this is the principle of acting.

The European model is in danger if we obliterate the principle of personal responsibility.

The principle that light can be in two places at the same time is absolutely extraordinary.

Slavery is perhaps the greatest affront to the fundamental principle of individual liberty.

In principle, every social situation involves strategic interaction among the participants.

The principle of subordination is the great bond of union and harmony through the universe.

Anyone who has proclaimed violence his method inexorably must choose lying as his principle.

That's the principle I teach - find your passion in life and figure out a way to make money.

The principle of Sturgeon's Razor states that the simplest answer to any problem is 90% crap.

The first principle is that you must not fool yourself and you are the easiest person to fool.

The principle that needs to be used to guide the spending is, 'How successful is the program?'

Now, being a science fiction writer, when I see a natural principle, I wonder if it could fail.

The dread of evil is a much more forcible principle of human actions than the prospect of good.

We need to accept the principle that sometimes poor people will die just because they are poor.

Nature governs man by no principle more fixed than that which leads him to pursue his interest.

It is better to be defeated standing for a high principle than to run by committing subterfuge.

I've always lived by the principle of find what you really enjoy doing and make it your career.

It is the function of the President, representing the executive principle, to execute the laws.

There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle.

I have worked for Tesco and am grateful to them but in principle I believe in individual shops.

Adversity is the trial of principle. Without it a man hardly knows whether he is honest or not.

We can't be dominated by ruthless terrorism and the American principle is that we never will be.

Work is important to me. I want to do things for principle, not just for the sake of doing them.

I hate liberality - nine times out of ten it is cowardice, and the tenth time lack of principle.

I think that humor has become a principle means of communication among Americans about politics.

Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy.

If your ceiling is falling down, don't you call someone in? I apply the same principle to myself.

I will always speak out when someone says that a principle or a rule or a tradition trumps people.

When I conform to truth, I do not conform to an abstract principle; I conform to the nature of God.

That the king can do no wrong is a necessary and fundamental principle of the English constitution.

Community action is as valuable a principle on the international level as it has been domestically.

No matter what side of the spectrum you're on, you like to see your team fighting for the principle.

I really believe that cultivating creativity, as a general principle, is about managing your energy.

Like the British Constitution, she owes her success in practice to her inconsistencies in principle.

Voting is the foundational act that breathes life into the principle of the consent of the governed.

Great nations need organizing principles, and 'Don't do stupid stuff' is not an organizing principle.

A feminist man is a bit like a vegetarian: it's the humanitarian principle he's defending, I suppose.

Executive privilege is nowhere to be found in the Constitution, and thus is a very limited principle.

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