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If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest.
I've always worked on the principle that if it interests me enough to write about it, then it must interest a lot of other people.
It is no accident that faith in Jesus Christ - not only believing in Him but believing Him - is the first principle of the gospel.
Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.
Net neutrality is such an important principle for the Web and for the Internet. It's how the Internet's operated for all this time.
According to the Stoics, all vice was resolvable into folly: according to the Christian principle, it is all the effect of weakness.
Quantum mechanics brought an unexpected fuzziness into physics because of quantum uncertainty, the Heisenberg uncertainty principle.
God has given us an imagination, and our imagination is really the principle tool from which all creativity and artistry comes from.
We want to assert the very principle that truth is absolute, truth is supreme, truth is never disposable in national political life.
Labour opposes the principle of companies having their own private and privileged courts in which to settle investor-state disputes.
The sons of Judah have to choose that God may again choose them. The divine principle of our race is action, choice, resolved memory.
An Army is a collection of armed men obliged to obey one man. Every change in the rules which impairs the principle weakens the army.
The one guiding principle over my 23-year career in TV has been as long as I'm having fun, I really don't care what the job title is.
The universal order and the personal order are nothing but different expressions and manifestations of a common underlying principle.
I'm not willing to drag my fans down a road I don't believe in. That's just my one little principle. I've only got one, and that's it.
And I've always worked on the principle that if it interests me enough to write about it, then it must interest a lot of other people.
Permissiveness is the principle of treating children as if they were adults; and the tactic of making sure they never reach that stage.
I think most people agree with the idea of shared sacrifice, but for many, when push comes to shove, that principle goes out the window.
When I was playing for tips in college, I felt a fire in my soul. I had the same principle of focus that I had learned playing football.
Letting the facts speak for themselves is an immoral principle when we all know that facts and figures can be selected to prove anything.
I use the confit principle for chicken thighs. I season them with herbs and garlic, let them marinate, and then cook them in chicken fat.
The principle of equity first came into evidence in Roman jurisprudence and was derived by analogy from the physical meaning of the word.
The bedrock principle of separation of powers ought to be upheld regardless of the (D) or (R) that rests behind a given president's name.
If we are machines, then in principle at least, we should be able to build machines out of other stuff, which are just as alive as we are.
By annihilating the desires, you annihilate the mind. Every man without passions has within him no principle of action, nor motive to act.
As a matter of principle, I always come to a film like a blank slate, I don't learn my lines in advance. With this approach, I feel clean.
Gen. Mattis is a warrior. What I appreciate about Gen. Mattis is he understands the principle that if you go to war, you go to war to win.
I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.
I have always tried to live by the 'awe principle.' That is: Can I find awe, wonder and enchantment in the most mundane things conceivable?
Human beings exercise responsibilities within a social setting and a framework of obligations which transcend the principle of intelligence.
We have accepted the principle of democracy and we are committed to respect the popular verdict and the result of that national consultation.
The principle though remains the same, and the important thing is CBS fought hard, very hard, to protect that principle and will fight again.
It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.
Some campaigns are not worth waging if you can't win; others have to be fought on grounds of principle regardless of the chances for success.
I'm more inclined to linger in the science pages of 'The Week' magazine. But my principle obsessions are still watching sitcoms and football.
Retributive justice did not arise from any Christian principle; almost every pre-Christian society dealt with wrongdoers by causing them pain.
The principle of building an economy without foreign monopoly capital has become a principle which, for us, is no longer subject to amendment.
If you take Darwinian theory, make a 'scientific' principle out of it, put it into political action, then you have something like Nazi Germany.
For revolutionary Cubans, to cooperate with other poor and exploited peoples has always been a political principle and a duty towards humanity.
At the heart of every being lies creation's dream of a principle that will one day give organic form to its fragmented treasures. God is unity.
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.
The first principle of contract negotiations is don't remind them of what you did in the past - tell them what you're going to do in the future.
A thing moderately good is not so good as it ought to be. Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
Words without deeds is an affront to the principle that guides our Nation and makes a mockery of the values we as public servants claim to love.
I didn't grasp the basic principle of being a promoter, which was: Put on music but also generate an income. I was on the dole most of the time.
I have this overriding principle that streetwear could end up like disco: that it will be perceived well at the time but doesn't age well at all.
At the end of the day, I think the most conservative principle there is, is giving people a dollar worth of value for a dollar worth of tax paid.
Emancipation from every kind of bondage is my principle. I go for recognition of human rights, without distinction of sect, party, sex, or color.
No moral code or ethical principle, no piece of scripture or holy teaching, can be summoned to defend what we have allowed our country to become.
We should live, act, and say nothing to the injury of anyone. It is not only best as a matter of principle, but it is the path to peace and honor.