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.

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

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

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

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.

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

I had faith in Israel before it was established, I have in it now. I believe it has a glorious future before it – not just another sovereign nation, but as an embodiment of the great ideals of our civilization.

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

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

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

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

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

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 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.

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

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.

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

Obey the principles without being bound by them.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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

Under Clinton, the defiance of world order has become so extreme as to be of concern even to hawkish policy analysts.

The more nobly a man wills and acts, the more avid he becomes for great and sublime aims to pursue. He will no longer be content with family, country, and the remunerative aspect of his work. He will want wider organisations to create, new paths to blaze, causes to uphold, truths to discover, an ideal to cherish and defend.

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

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

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.

My concern is that contention is becoming accepted as a way of life.

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.

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

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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.

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.

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

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

The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.

I was very worried about my mother, growing up – a lot. I do not want my children to be worried about me.

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.

When we go to the Bible we should keep in mind that the basic principles of the Bible are taught by God, but written down by human beings deprived of modern day knowledge. So there is some fallibility in the writings of the Bible. But the basic principles are applicable to my life and I don’t find any conflict among them.

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.

Rules are not necessarily sacred, principles are.

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

Few men have virtue to withstand the highest bidder.

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

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.

Movies can and do have tremendous influence in shaping young lives in the realm of entertainment towards the ideals and objectives of normal adulthood.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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