1,227 Quotes About Principles
- Author Judith Martin
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The pejorative term "political correctness" was adapted to express disapproval of the enlargement of etiquette to cover all people, in spite of this being a principle to which all Americans claim to subscribe
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- Author Lewis Mumford
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We have lost faith in the formal powers of the mind, not, as some suppose, because our universe is too difficult to grasp, but because we lack the inner principle of order.
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- Author Ludwig von Mises
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The distinctive principle of Western social philosophy is individualism.
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- Author Ludwig von Mises
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The characteristic feature of capitalism that distinguishes it from pre-capitalist methods of production was its new principle of marketing. Capitalism is not simply mass production, but mass production to satisfy the needs of the masses.
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- Author Ludwig von Mises
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Once it has been perceived that the division of labour is the essence of society, nothing remains of the antithesis between individual and society. The contradiction between individual principle and social principle disappears.
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- Author Ludwig von Mises
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As soon as we surrender the principle that the state should not interfere in any questions touching on the individuals mode of life, we end by regulating and restricting the latter down to the smallest details.
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- Author Ludwig von Mises
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The Santa Claus principle liquidates itself.
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- Author Marshall McLuhan
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Ads push the principle of noise all the way to the plateau of persuasion. They are quite in accord with the procedures of brainwashing.
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- Author Marshall McLuhan
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Relativity theory forced the abandonment, in principle, of absolute space and absolute time.
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