Damn your principles! Stick to your party.

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.

Those are my principles, and if you don’t like them… well, I have others.

Policies are many, Principles are few, Policies will change, Principles never do.

If you want to be a good strategist, you can never just go off a principle you read in a book. You need to adapt what you do to the situation; no rule of thumb is true all the time.

Constitutions should consist only of general provisions; the reason is that they must necessarily be permanent, and that they cannot calculate for the possible change of things.

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

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.

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

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

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

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.

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.

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.

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

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.

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

To abandon oneself to principles is really to die – and to die for an impossible love which is the contrary of love.

The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.

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

I had to abandon free market principles in order to save the free market system.

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

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.

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

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

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

Wars based on principle are far more destructive… the attacker will not destroy that which he is after.

A man dies when he refuses to stand up for that which is right. A man dies when he refuses to stand up for justice. A man dies when he refuses to take a stand for that which is true.

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?

I glory in the distinguishing grace of God and will not, by the grace of God, step one inch from my principles or think of adhering to the present fashionable sort of religion.

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

I think Bible principles are principles for life.

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.

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

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

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.

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

The golden rule is that there are no golden rules.

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.

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

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

My principles are more important than the money or my title.

Intolerance betrays want of faith in one’s cause.

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.

The very design of neoliberal principles is a direct attack on democracy.

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.

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

The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.

By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.

Having a mind that is open to everything and attached to nothing seems to me to be one of the most basic principles that you can adopt to contribute to individual and world peace.

Don’t hit at all if it is honorably possible to avoid hitting; but never hit soft.

So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world.

Obey the principles without being bound by them.

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.

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

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

Nature never breaks her own laws.

If you’re sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign.

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

In this outward and physical ceremony we attest once again to the inner and spiritual strength of our Nation. As my high school teacher, Miss Julia Coleman, used to say: ‚We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.‘

I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle.