Principles Quotes

"We must never bend too much."

"I do not deal with threats and ultimatums."

"I will never give up on football that is played well."

"Seven social sins: Politics without principle, Wealth without work, Pleasure without conscience, Knowledge without character, Commerce without morality, Science without humanity, Worship without sacrifice."

"I would rather be right than be President."

Henry Clay

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

"Self-respect knows no considerations."

"In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock."

Thomas Jefferson

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

Dwight D. Eisenhower

"Patriotism is often an arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles."

George Jean Nathan

“An army of principles can penetrate where an army of soldiers cannot.”

“Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.”

“Rules are not necessarily sacred; principles are.”

“Obey the principles without being bound by them.”

"Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm."

"A man who stands for nothing will fall for anything."

Malcolm X

“I disapprove of what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.”

Evelyn Beatrice Hall

“If we don't believe in freedom of expression for people we despise, we don't believe in it at all.”

Noam Chomsky

“Change your opinions, keep to your principles; change your leaves, keep intact your roots.”

Victor Hugo

“Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.”

“Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.”

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