'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
Thomas Paine

Every science has for its basis a system of principles as fixed and unalterable as those by which the universe is regulated and governed. Man cannot make principles; he can only discover them.
Thomas Paine

All the principles of heaven and earth are living inside you. Life itself is truth, and this will never change. Everything in heaven and earth breathes. Breath is the thread that ties creation together.
Morihei Ueshiba

I cannot consent that my mortal body shall be laid in a repository prepared for an Emperor or a King my republican feelings and principles forbid it the simplicity of our system of government forbids it.
Andrew Jackson

The principles that made this nation a great and powerful leader of the world, have not lost their meaning. They never will. We know we can bring this country back. I'm Mitt Romney. I believe in America. And I'm running for president of the United States.
Mitt Romney

We believe in individual initiative, personal responsibility, opportunity, freedom, small government, the Constitution. These principles, these American principles are key to getting our economy back to being successful and leading the world.
Mitt Romney

Democracy is not so much a form of government as a set of principles.
Woodrow Wilson

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

God, great principle of all minor principles, God, who is Himself without a principle, could not conceive Himself, if, in order to do it, He required to know His own principle.
Giacomo Casanova

High achievers spot rich opportunities swiftly, make big decisions quickly and move into action immediately. Follow these principles and you can make your dreams come true.
Robert H. Schuller

Politics: A strife of interests masquerading as a contest of principles. The conduct of public affairs for private advantage.
Ambrose Bierce

It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
Alfred Adler

It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
Alfred Adler

Policies are many, Principles are few, Policies will change, Principles never do.
John C. Maxwell

A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.
Dwight D. Eisenhower

All universal moral principles are idle fancies.
Marquis de Sade

We love your adherence to democratic principles.
William F. Buckley, Jr.

By denying scientific principles, one may maintain any paradox.
Galileo Galilei

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

Some believe all that parents, tutors, and kindred believe. They take their principles by inheritance, and defend them as they would their estates, because they are born heirs to them.
Alan Watts