But every difference of opinion is not a difference of principle.

The principle of the Constitution is that of a separation of legislative, Executive and Judiciary functions, except in cases specified. If this principle be not expressed in direct terms, it is clearly the spirit of the Constitution, and it ought to be so commented and acted on by every friend of free government.

We are now trusting to those who are against us in position and principle, to fashion to their own form the minds and affections of our youth... This canker is eating on the vitals of our existence, and if not arrested at once, will be beyond remedy.

Money, not morality, constitutes the principle of commercial nations.

In matters of principals, stand like a rock; in matters of taste, swim with the current.

My principle is to do whatever is right, and leave consequences to him who has the disposal of them.

Principle will, in... most... cases open the way for us to correct conclusion.

The Central Bank is an institution of the most deadly hostility existing against the principles and form of our Constitution.