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Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.
Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.
'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, read more
'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.
Leave no question in anyone's mind as to where you stand.
Leave no question in anyone's mind as to where you stand.
Important principles may and must be inflexible.
Important principles may and must be inflexible.
When a fellow says it hain't the money but the principle o' the thing, it's th' money.
When a fellow says it hain't the money but the principle o' the thing, it's th' money.
I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.
I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.
It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.
Failure comes only when we forget our ideals and objectives and principles.
We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles.
We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles.
