Quotes about Principle
I shall drink to the Pope, if you please, still, to conscience first, and to the Pope afterwards.
— John Henry Newman
Since belief is measured by action, he who forbids us to believe religion to be true, necessarily also forbids us to act as we should if we did believe it to be true.
— William James
I take toleration to be a part of religion. I do not know which I would sacrifice; I would keep them both: it is not necessary that I should sacrifice either.
— Edmund Burke
Anger may be foolish and absurd, and one may be wrongly irritated, but a man never feels outraged unless in some respect he is fundamentally right.
— Victor Hugo
To yield to the threat or actual use of violence is a surrender of one's self respect and religious conviction.
— Mahatma Gandhi
With integrity, you have nothing to fear, since you have nothing to hide. With integrity, you will do the right thing, so you will have no guilt.
— Zig Ziglar
To some people who said they believed, religion was a word; to others, it defined who they were.
— Dee Henderson
A 'No' uttered from the deepest conviction is better than a 'Yes' merely uttered to please, or worse, to avoid trouble.
— Mahatma Gandhi
You must do right before you feel good.
— John Maxwell
Family preparedness has been a long-established welfare principle.
— Ezra Taft Benson
Free speech is not just another value. It's the foundation of Western civilization.
— Jordan Peterson
Nothing is at last sacred but the integrity of your own mind.
— Ralph Waldo Emerson