Quotes about Principles

And conservatives know that if you reject these principles of limited government and urge others to reject them you can be my ally, you can be my friend but you cannot call yourself a conservative.

Means we use must be as pure as the ends we seek.

In this outward and physical ceremony we attest once again to the inner and spiritual strength of our Nation. As my high school teacher, Miss Julia Coleman, used to say: 'We must adjust to changing times and still hold to unchanging principles.'

Ability without honor is useless.

If we are to go forward, we must go back and rediscover those precious values - that all reality hinges on moral foundations and that all reality has spiritual control.

We have to rediscover the eternal values and then live them out.

It takes a great deal of character strength to apologize quickly out of one's heart rather than out of pity. A person must possess himself and have a deep sense of security in fundamental principles and values in order to genuinely apologize.

The laws of God work in the same way as the laws of Science. You cannot break them - you can only break yourself against them.

The greatest work in all the world is the building of men and women of character. Without character there is not much that is worthwhile.

The principles always work if you work the principles.

Our policies must be premised on, and must reinforce, values such as family, hard work, integrity and personal responsibility.

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