It is amazing that the wisdom of the chattering class to the Republicans is always, always, always 'Surrender your principles and agree with the Democrats.' That's been true for my entire lifetime.
Neither can men, by the same principles, be considered as lands, goods, or houses, among possessions. It is necessary that all property should be inferiour to its possessor. But how does the slave dif...
Men are limited by the knowledge of their minds, the worth of their characters and the principles upon which they are building their lives.
The shortest and surest way of arriving at real knowledge is to unlearn the lessons we have been taught, to mount the first principles, and take nobody's word about them.
I do go against my leadership all the time because I stand firm on the four questions that I ask about all legislation. The first, is it constitutional according to the original intent? The second, do...
I have always supported measures and principles and not men.
Those who are rooted in the depths that are eternal and unchangeable and who rely on unshakeable principles, face change full of courage, courage based on faith.
Sympathy is one of the principles most widely rooted in our nature: we rejoice to see ourselves reflected in another; and, perversely enough, we sometimes have a secret pleasure in seeing the sin whic...
Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.
You can design a mortgage system that is different without a Fannie and Freddie, but there are principles you have to have, to have a good system.
Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.
China has been committed to the independent foreign policy of peace and has developed friendship and cooperation with all countries on the basis of the Five Principles of Peaceful Coexistence.
Love and esteem are the first principles of friendship it is always imperfect if either of these two are wanting.
The underlying principles of strategy are enduring, regardless of technology or the pace of change.
Sir, I wish to understand the true principles of the Government. I wish them carried out. I ask nothing more.
Conquest is not in our principles. It is inconsistent with our government.
Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.
My principles are more important than the money or my title.
A man is usually more careful of his money than he is of his principles.
Now our founding fathers had the wisdom to know that social acceptance and popularity were fleeing, and that this country's principles needed to be rooted in strengths greater than the passions and th...
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