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Just the basic principles of what makes America work for me are very strong in my heart. It's like no other nation in the world.
Where principles and heart stand in conflict with each other, let us make the law of the spirit free from the law of principles.
A free, virtuous, and enlightened people must know full well the great principles and causes upon which their happiness depends.
If a principle exists it must be immutable, for that is what a principle is - a truth standing apart from the mood of the times.
Never betray His principles for any reason whatsoever, and take great care not to spoil God's affairs by too much haste in them.
The whole principle (censorship) is wrong; it's like demanding that grown men live on skim milk because the baby can't eat steak.
The fundamental principle of our constitution ... enjoins the sense of command, duty that the will of the majority shall prevail.
The American foreign policy trauma of the sixties and seventies was caused by applying valid principles to unsuitable conditions.
A cardinal principle in systems theory is that all parties that have a stake in a system should be represented in its management.
The ideals and principles for which Dr King fought have never been forgotten and are as relevant today as they were 40 years ago.
Delivering the 'Grand Rapids Press' taught me responsibility, accountability, and all the principles of the rewards of hard work.
It is extremely unfortunate that an editor's own life and practice should be notoriously at variance with his written principles.
I had read an early profile of [Tony] Blair by Frank Millar in which he said that Blair was very keen on the 'consent principle'.
As conservatives, we support free market principles and believe the private sector provides solutions that the government cannot.
No government ought to exist for the purpose of checking the prosperity of its people or to allow such a principle in its policy.
Highfalutin moral principles are impossible guides to foreign policy. At worst, they reflect hypocrisy; at best, extreme naivete.
Clearly the secret of happiness...is a variation on the general principle of banging your head against a wall, and then stopping.
The principles of fairness and equality for working men and women are deeply interwoven within the fabric of our nation's history.
For one person who is blessed with the power of invention, many will always be found who have the capacity of applying principles.
One never accomplishes the will of God by breaking the law of God, violating the principles of God, or ignoring the wisdom of God.
This is the most important principle of reading on the Internet: You must determine for yourself whether or not something is true.
Above all I hope that the education of the common people will be attended to so they won't forget the basic principles of freedom.
I want to live out principles that became a part of my life in my 40s, 50s, and 60s. One principle is the universality of freedom.
The five principles of aloha, when practiced together, awaken our awareness of our human potential and the sacredness of our life.
Americanism is a question of principle, of idealism, of character. It is not a matter of birthplace, or creed, or line of descent.
I believe the world grows near its end, yet is neither old nor decayed, nor will ever perish upon the ruins of its own principles.
If there is anything that links the human to the divine, it is the courage to stand by a principle when everybody else rejects it.
The important thing is that the principles that Senator Obama outlined originally are now embraced and taxpayers will be protected.
I do transcendental meditation, which is, I suppose, derived from Vedic or Ayurvedic principles, which is sort of Hindu principles.
Those persons who suffer from indigestion, or who become drunk, are utterly ignorant of the true principles of eating and drinking.
Power is action; the electoral principle is discussion. No political action is possible when discussion is permanently established.
Too many Americans live by Republican principles of faith, family, hope and opportunity, but vote for Democrats out of sheer habit.
Tom doesn't have any principles, or if he does, he puts them aside whenever they're inconvenient. The truth hurts, doesn't it, Tom?
We can not imitate great souls. However to study, analyse and imbibe the principles they teach and embody, is the path of progress.
My people are going to learn the principles of democracy, the dictates of truth and the teachings of science. Superstition must go.
It's so easy to become a grumbler, someone who condemns and carps at everything on principle and sees an ulterior motive behind it.
I tend to approach things from a physics framework. And physics teaches you to reason from first principles rather than by analogy.
Doing more with less, is a crucial principle to learn; especially if you're going to be in business in this rapidly changing world.
One of the most important principles I've learned is, every so often, just drop everything. Stop racing from one party to the next.
There also appears to be another element in the soul, which, though irrational, yet in a manner participates in rational principle.
Y'know, Nature's unpredictable -- that's why we had to tame her. Maybe we went too far, but in principle we made the right decision.
Our expectation is that the Russian Federation does its part to protect its own citizens in full respect of human rights principles.
I loved the audacity of that American principle which says. When life gets tainted or goes stale, junk it! Leave it behind! Go West!
Every conscientious husband and wife should measure their marriage by the unchanging standard of the principles found in God's Word.
Winston [ Churchill] is a dandy and a visionary. Unfortunately, in winning wars, principles are inevitably debased. That's politics.
I am a great believer that all the primary research has to be done before principle writing begins. I'm a huge advocate of plotting.
The biggest reason that positive endings don't happen is because employees are trained on policies and rules rather than principles.
I believe the declaration that ‘all men are created equal’ is the great fundamental principle upon which our free institutions rest.
In practice, such trifles as contradictions in principle are easily set aside; the faculty of ignoring them makes the practical man.