Quotes about Principle
The distinguishing part of our Constitution is its liberty. To preserve that liberty inviolate seems the particular duty and proper trust of a member of the House of Commons. But the liberty, the only liberty, I mean is a liberty connected with order: that not only exists along with order and virtue, but which cannot exist at all without them. It inheres in good and steady government, as in its substance and vital principle.
— Edmund Burke
When one bases his life on principle, 99 percent of his decisions are already made.
— Anonymous
Always tell the truth. If you can't always tell the truth, don't lie.
— Anonymous
How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning!
— Anonymous
Nature governs man by no principle more fixed than that which leads him to pursue his interest.
— John Tyler
My father once told me that respect for the truth comes close to being the basis for all morality.
— Frank Herbert
The realization that all religions had at least one common commandment: "Thou shalt not disfigure the soul.
— Frank Herbert
If you don't stand for something you will fall for anything.
— Peter Marshall
The Constitution is the guide which I never will abandon.
— George Washington
If we ever forget that we are One Nation Under God, then we will be a nation gone under.
— Ronald Reagan
Doing what is right isn’t the problem. It is knowing what is right.
— Lyndon B. Johnson
You'll never go wrong in doing what is right.
— Robin Sharma