Our national determination to keep free of foreign wars and foreign entanglements cannot prevent us from feeling deep concern when ideals and principles that we have cherished are challenged.

I must uphold my ideals, for perhaps the time will come when I shall be able to carry them out.

All men are prepared to accomplish the incredible if their ideals are threatened.

Concern for man and his fate must always form the chief interest of all technical endeavors. Never forget this in the midst of your diagrams and equations.

When power leads man toward arrogance, poetry reminds him of his limitations. When power narrows the area of man’s concern, poetry reminds him of the richness and diversity of existence. When power corrupts, poetry cleanses.

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world.

It seems to be the fate of idealists to obtain what they have struggled for in a form which destroys their ideals.

When you stand for something, you’ve got to stand for it all the way, not half way.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

As apostles and prophets, we are concerned not only for our children and grandchildren but for yours as well – and for each of God’s children.

Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.

There is no question that liberals do an impressive job of expressing concern for blacks. But do the intentions expressed in their words match the actual consequences of their deeds?

Custom is our nature. What are our natural principles but principles of custom?

We need to have business leaders who live by deep, strong principles.

Great tragedy has come to us, and we are meeting it with the best that is in our country, with courage and concern for others because this is America. This is who we are.

By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.

Our strategic dialogue with China can both protect American interests and uphold our principles, provided we are honest about our differences on human rights and other issues and provided we use a mix of targeted incentives and sanctions to narrow these differences.

Principles and rules are intended to provide a thinking man with a frame of reference.

The United States, to state the obvious, is greatly concerned by the startling number of unaccompanied minors that – children and teenagers who are making a very perilous journey through Central America to reach the United States.

The Soviet government is the most realistic regime in the world – no ideals.

Nature never breaks her own laws.

The ‚morality of compromise‘ sounds contradictory. Compromise is usually a sign of weakness, or an admission of defeat. Strong men don’t compromise, it is said, and principles should never be compromised.

Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.

One of the great strengths of the United States is… we have a very large Christian population – we do not consider ourselves a Christian nation or a Jewish nation or a Muslim nation. We consider ourselves a nation of citizens who are bound by ideals and a set of values.

Principles are guidelines for human conduct that are proven to have enduring, permanent value.

It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one’s heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.

Language is a process of free creation; its laws and principles are fixed, but the manner in which the principles of generation are used is free and infinitely varied. Even the interpretation and use of words involves a process of free creation.

Although we resolutely supported the armed struggle against Batista’s tyranny, we were, on principle, opposed to any terrorist action that could cause the death of innocent people.

To me, consensus seems to be the process of abandoning all beliefs, principles, values and policies. So it is something in which no one believes and to which no one objects.

To die for an idea; it is unquestionably noble. But how much nobler it would be if men died for ideas that were true!

When we value correct principles, we have truth – a knowledge of things as they are.

We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.

The truth is that the vast majority of Americans are good, fair, and just, and they want their country to reflect those ideals.

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

No other country in the world does what we do. On every issue, the world turns to us, not simply because of the size of our economy or our military might – but because of the ideals we stand for, and the burdens we bear to advance them.

We just seem to have lost all our morals and principles and values these days.

As an entrepreneur, I have been known for taking risks throughout my career, but leaving the European Union is not one of the risks I would want the U.K. to take – not as an investor, not as a father, and not as a grandfather. I am deeply concerned about the impact of leaving.

You see, Africa makes a fool of our idea of justice. It makes a farce of our idea of equality. It mocks our pieties. It doubts our concern. It questions our commitment. Because there is no way we can look at what’s happening in Africa, and if we’re honest, conclude that it would ever be allowed to happen anywhere else.

The U.S. – the idea that the U.S. has introduced and imposed principles of international law, that’s hardly even a joke. The United States has even gone so far as to veto Security Council resolutions calling on all states to observe international law. That was in the 1980s under Reagan.

While we should never give up our principles, we must also realize that we cannot maintain our principles unless we survive.

A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.

We know what works. Freedom Works. We know what’s right. Freedom is right.

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

For the people who ostensibly wish me well or are worried about my immortal soul, I say I take it kindly.

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. I must stand with anybody that stands right, and stand with him while he is right, and part with him when he goes wrong.

For me, the essence of the great American Dream is spiritual. I believe that our Constitution is inspired and that it is based on principles that are timeless and universal. This is the reason why 95% of all written constitutions throughout the world are modeled after our Constitution.

In this possibly terminal phase of human existence, democracy and freedom are more than just ideals to be valued – they may be essential to survival.

It is, generally, in the season of prosperity that men discover their real temper, principles, and designs.

All parents are concerned about their children’s well-being. As a parent of three kids, I’m very concerned about their well-being.

The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.

There is a fundamental question we all have to face. How are we to live our lives; by what principles and moral values will we be guided and inspired?

Some men can live up to their loftiest ideals without ever going higher than a basement.

If you believe in science, like I do, you believe that there are certain laws that are always obeyed.

There are three constants in life… change, choice and principles.

The traditional stand adopted by the Cuban Revolution, which was always opposed to any action that could jeopardize the life of civilians, is well known.

Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.

Although I’m only fourteen, I know quite well what I want. I know who is right and who is wrong. I have my opinions, my own ideas and principles, and although it may sound pretty mad from an adolescent, I feel more of a person than a child. I feel quite independent of anyone.

The very phrase ‚foreign affairs‘ makes an Englishman convinced that I am about to treat of subjects with which he has no concern.

Stand with anybody that stands right, stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.

An election is a moral horror, as bad as a battle except for the blood; a mud bath for every soul concerned in it.

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.