Quotes about Principle
I believe the declaration that 'all men are created equal' is the great fundamental principle upon which our free institutions rest.
— Abraham Lincoln
It is my faith and conviction that the Constitution came not alone of the brain and purpose of man, but of the inspiration of God.
— Gordon Hinckley
The principle can be established that for a man who does not cheat what he believes to be true must determine his actions.
— Albert Camus
Complicity with error will take from the best of men the power to enter any successful protest against it.
— Charles Spurgeon
Party is a body of men united, for promoting by their joint endeavours the national interest, upon some particular principle in which they are all agreed.
— Edmund Burke
I believe that freedom is a gift from an Almighty to every man, woman, and child; that is a principle that was important to me during my presidency and I think it's an important principle.
— George W. Bush
Man believes and lives.
— Mahatma Gandhi
I will live and die by this testimony: that I loved a good conscience; that I never invaded another man's liberty; and that I preserved my own.
— Herman Melville
If there is a form of government, then, whose principle and foundation is virtue, will not every sober man acknowledge it better calculated to promote the general happiness than any other form?
— John Adams
The liberty of conscience, which above all other things ought to be to all men dearest and most precious.
— John Milton
We cannot gamble with anything so sacred as money.
— William McKinley
I have a higher and grander standard of principle than George Washington. He could not lie; I can, but I won't.
— Mark Twain