Quotes about Principle

Never do anything against conscience, even if the state demands it.

Always do what's right; this will gratify some and astonish the rest

Life is sacred, that is to say, it is the supreme value, to which all other values are subordinate.

Don't do anything that goes against your conscience, even if your country says so.

Cowardice asks the question, is it safe? Expediency asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? But conscience asks the question, is it right? And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because it is right.

Cowardice asks the question - is it safe? Vanity asks the question - is it popular? Expediency asks the question - is it political? But conscience asks the question - is it right? There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, popular, or political; but because it is right.

The older I get the more wisdom I find in the ancient rule of taking first things first. A process which often reduces the most complex human problem to a manageable proportion.

Reverence for life affords me my fundamental principle of morality.

It is an old adage that honesty is the best policy-this applies to public as well as private life-to States as well as individuals.

I am pro-life. I hate the concept of abortion.

Religion should be the rule of life, not a casual incident in it.

The American way of life is not negotiable.