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Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.

Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.

Quote by Mark Twain about principle, force, police, real estate

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.

Quote by Thomas Paine about science, man

Custom is our nature, what are our natural principles but...

Custom is our nature, what are our natural principles but principles of custom.

Quote by Blaise Pascal about nature

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles

Hold faithfulness and sincerity as first principles

Quote by Confucius about religion, sincerity

I'd rather be an opportunist and float than to go to the...

I'd rather be an opportunist and float than to go to the bottom with my principles round my neck.

Quote by Stanley Baldwin about politics

Native Americans are the original inhabitants of the land that now constitutes the United States. They have helped develop the fundamental principles of freedom of speech and separation of powers that form the foundation of the United States...

Quote by Joe Baca about americans

I thought I could do that by telling stories of some of...

I thought I could do that by telling stories of some of the cases that established those principles on a real life on the ground basis.

Quote by Floyd Abrams about thinking, real estate, life

So sometimes the facts are good and sometimes the facts are bad, the important thing from the point of view of a principle as broad and important as freedom of speech is that the courts articulate and set forth in a very protective way what those...

Quote by Floyd Abrams about principle, bad luck, bad, things, good, good luck

He that always gives away to others, will end in having...

He that always gives away to others, will end in having no principles of his own.

Quote by Aesop about philosophy, end

Great ambition is the passion of a great character. Those endowed with it may perform very good or very bad acts. All depends on the principles which direct them.

Quote by Napoleon Bonaparte about ambition, character, bad luck, bad, good, good luck

If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and...

If you're sick and tired of the politics of cynicism and polls and principles, come and join this campaign.

Quote by George W. Bush about cynicism, politics

The principles which men give to themselves end by...

The principles which men give to themselves end by overwhelming their noblest intentions.

Quote by Albert Camus about end, man

To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and...

To abandon oneself to principles is really to die - and to die for an impossible love which is the contrary of love.

Quote by Albert Camus about opinion, impossible, love

If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would...

If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody.

Quote by Agatha Christie about education

I'll suffer a long time because of the principles of my...

I'll suffer a long time because of the principles of my religion.

Quote by Mahalia Jackson about suffering, religion, time

The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only...

The wretched have no compassion, they can do good only from strong principles of duty.

Quote by Samuel Johnson about duty, good, good luck

An army of principles can penetrate where an army of...

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

Quote by Thomas Paine about war

I love the man that can smile in trouble, that can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his...

Quote by Thomas Paine about love, conduct, smile, conscience, affair, heart, death, man

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.

Quote by Thomas Paine about affair, conduct, conscience, heart, death

To regard all things and principles of things as...

To regard all things and principles of things as inconstant modes or fashions has more and more become the tendency of modern thought.

Quote by Walter Pater about things, thinking

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