1,227 Quotes About Principles

A business of high principle attracts high-caliber people more easily, thereby gaining a basic competitive and profit edge.

In principle, any abstraction of the object is allowed which has a sufficiently strong creative power behind it.

It was a shock to people of the nineteenth century when they discovered, from observations science had made, that many features of the biological world could be ascribed to the elegant principle of natural selection.

The peoples' revolution .... will arrange its revolutionary organisation from the bottom up and from the periphery to the centre, in keeping with the principle of liberty.

The great difficulty with politics is, that there are no established principles.

If you are an adult, you are responsible for your life and well-being. No one owes you the fulfillment of your needs or wants; no one is here on earth to serve you. If you respect the principle of self-ownership, you understand that no one else owns you and that you do not own anyone else. Only on this understanding can there be peace on earth and good will among human beings.

The principle of responsibility and collective sanctions is incompatible with the Western concept of justice.

The public buys its opinions as it buys its meat, or takes in its milk, on the principle that it is cheaper to do this than to keep a cow. So it is, but the milk is more likely to be watered.

Power without principle is barren, but principle without power is futile. This is a party of government, and I will lead it as a party of government.