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To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.
Doubt
Oliver Wendell Holmes

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Strong words are required for weak principles.
Words
Doug Horton

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The deepest principle of human nature is the craving to be appreciated.
Approval
William James

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

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My guiding principle is this: Guilt is never to be doubted.
Judgment and Judges
Franz Kafka

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So act that your principle of action might safely be made a law for the whole world.
Guidance
Immanuel Kant

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At the center of non-violence stands the principle of love.
Love
King Jr. Martin Luther

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A good health policy is based on three principles. Unfortunately, nobody knows them.
Health
Gerhard Kocher

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Cats seem to go on the principle that it never does any harm to ask for what you want.
Ask
Joseph Wood Krutch

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Ethics and equity and the principles of justice do not change with the calendar.
Ethics
D. H. Lawrence

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Obey the principles without being bound by them.
Principles
Bruce Lee

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The principles of Jefferson are the definitions and axioms of free society.
Uncategorised
Abraham Lincoln

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I don't believe in principle, but I do in interest.
Interest
James Russell Lowell

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

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Nobody ever did anything very foolish except from some strong principle.
Principles
Lord Melbourne

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You may be flexible on strategy, but must remain consistent on principle!
Principles
Brubaker Movie

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Cheerfulness, sir, is the principle ingredient in the composition of health.
Health
Arthur Murphy

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Patriotism is a arbitrary veneration of real estate above principles.
Patriotism
George Jean Nathan

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Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.
Failure
Jawaharlal Nehru

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Moderation in temper is always a virtue; but moderation in principle is always a vice.
Moderation
Thomas Paine

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The principle of procrastinated rape is said to be the ruling one in all the great bestsellers.
Books - Bestsellers
V. S. Pritchett

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It is easy to be tolerant of the principles of other people if you have none of your own.
Tolerance
Herbert Samuel

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It is always easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
Principles
Adlai E. Stevenson

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The first principle of a free society is an untrammeled flow of words in an open forum.
Freedom of Speech
Adlai E. Stevenson

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A family is a place where principles are hammered and honed on the anvil of everyday living.
Family
Charles Swindoll

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