"But, Polly, a principle that can't bear being laughed at, frowned on, and cold-shouldered, isn't worthy of the name."
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"Christian principles are, admittedly, stricter than the others; but then we think you will get help towards obeying them which you will not get towards obeying the others."
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"I am willing to take any measures when it comes to the fundamental principle of human rights."
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"[A]lthough the principle of equality has always been self-evident, it has never been self-executing."
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"The Democrats should not waiver on our core beliefs and principles."
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"But the basic principle that we’re going to have to see some of this debt written down, that the government is going to have to support some banks, that others that are not viable, essentially that we’re going to have to do something with those assets."
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"We are committed to a world in which we keep America safe, but we recognize that our power doesn't just flow from our extraordinary military but also flows from the strength in our ideals and our principles and our values."
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"I believe in the principles that built America, I believe in the Constitution."
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"I don't consult polls to tell me what my principles are or what our policies should be."
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"We have to sell conservatism to non-conservatives. We have to take our principles and apply them to problems and go sell them to people. We need to show that we have better ideas."
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"Ah! what a divine religion might be found out if charity were really made the principle of it instead of faith."
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"Unless we lay our course in accordance with this principle, the great power for good in the world with which we have been intrusted by a Divine Providence will be turned to a power for evil."
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"Moral principle is a looser bond than pecuniary interest."
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"The negative principle that no law is free law, is not much known except among lawyers."
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"Now what is Judge Douglas Popular Sovereignty? It is, as a principle, no other than that, if one man chooses to make a slave of another man, neither that other man nor anybody else has a right to object."
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"[Tibet] is a small country based on religious principle, religious traditions. It never wanted any conquest."
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"The Occupy movement needs an organizing principle, and - just as the Tea Party did - it needs some actual measures of success. Choose one candidate whose agenda is squarely within that of the movement and make his or her electoral success a focal point."
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"The deepest and most organic death is death in solitude, when even light becomes a principle of death. In such moments you will be severed from life, from love, smiles, friends and even from death. And you will ask yourself if there is anything besides the nothingness of the world and your own nothingness."
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"When therefore we are hindered, or disturbed, or grieved, let us never attribute it to others, but to ourselves; that is, to our own principles. An uninstructed person will lay the fault of his own bad condition upon others. Someone just starting instruction will lay the fault on himself. Some who is perfectly instructed will place blame neither on others nor on himself."
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"For me, the main principle for broadcasters has to be that if people stand to benefit from an interview, they should be prepared to face some downside as well."
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