principles Quotes

It would be wrong to put friendship before the truth.

...virtue is not merely a state in conformity with the right principle, but one that implies the right principle; and the right principle in moral conduct is prudence.

Even though we love both truth and our friends, being principled means honoring the truth first.

For we do not think that we know a thing until we are acquainted with its primary conditions or first principles, and have carried our analysis as far as its simplest elements.

No science ever defends its first principles.

“Where principles and heart stand in conflict with each other, let us make the law of the spirit free from the law of principles.”

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... ...

I have never had a feeling politically that did not spring from the sentiments embodied in the declaration of independence.

Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.

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... ...