The bid violates the principle of the UN Charter, is unlikely to find any support, and is doomed to fail. Kong Quan More Kong Quan Quotes 0
We must convince and empower people to adopt the conservation and sustainable use of biodiversity as their guiding principle. Klaus Toepfer More Klaus Toepfer Quotes 0
It is a fundamental principle of criminal justice that justice delayed is justice denied. Kolawole Olaniyan More Kolawole Olaniyan Quotes 0
Circumstances give in reality to every political principle its distinguishing color and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind. Edmund Burke Irish Statesman More Edmund Burke Quotes 0
America is never wholly herself unless she is engaged in high moral principle. We as a people have such a purpose today. It is to make kinder the face of the nation and gentler the face of the world. George H. W. Bush American President More George H. W. Bush Quotes 0
Man may act according to that principle or inclination which for the present happens to be strongest, and yet act in a way disproportionate to, and violate his real proper nature. Joseph Butler English Clergyman More Joseph Butler Quotes 0
That was the principle of reparations to which President Truman agreed at Potsdam. And the United States will not agree to the taking from Germany of greater reparations than was provided by the Potsdam Agreement. James F. Byrnes American Politician More James F. Byrnes Quotes 0
Kings will be tyrants from policy, when subjects are rebels from principle. Edmund Burke Irish Statesman More Edmund Burke Quotes 0
The principle we call self-love never seeks anything external for the sake of the thing, but only as a means of happiness or good: particular affections rest in the external things themselves. Joseph Butler English Clergyman More Joseph Butler Quotes 0
Refuse to be ill. Never tell people you are ill; never own it to yourself. Illness is one of those things which a man should resist on principle at the onset. Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton More Edward G. Bulwer-Lytton Quotes 0
I understood the importance in principle of public key cryptography but it's all moved much faster than I expected. I did not expect it to be a mainstay of advanced communications technology. Whitfield Diffie American Scientist More Whitfield Diffie Quotes 0
The one great principle of English law is to make business for itself. Charles Dickens English Novelist More Charles Dickens Quotes 0
Conservatism discards Prescription, shrinks from Principle, disavows Progress; having rejected all respect for antiquity, it offers no redress for the present, and makes no preparation for the future. Benjamin Disraeli British Statesman More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes 0
Nationality is the miracle of political independence; race is the principle of physical analogy. Benjamin Disraeli British Statesman More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes 0
We are all born for love. It is the principle of existence, and its only end. Benjamin Disraeli British Statesman More Benjamin Disraeli Quotes 0
Islam is in principle egalitarian, and has always had problems with power. Mary Douglas British Scientist More Mary Douglas Quotes 0
I think that the power is the principle. The principle of moving forward, as though you have the confidence to move forward, eventually gives you confidence when you look back and see what you've done. Robert Downey, Jr. American Actor More Robert Downey, Jr. Quotes 0
Every form of government tends to perish by excess of its basic principle. Will Durant American Historian More Will Durant Quotes 0
America has always understood this principle of the economy - that everyone can benefit when everyone competes. Julia Gillard Australian Statesman More Julia Gillard Quotes 0
My guiding principle is that prosperity can be shared. We can create wealth together. The global economy is not a zero-sum game. Julia Gillard Australian Statesman More Julia Gillard Quotes 0
That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle too obvious to require investigation. Charles Babbage English Mathematician More Charles Babbage Quotes 0
The award is important in order to bring people to the movie theater. That's the only principle meaning of any award. Javier Bardem Spanish Actor More Javier Bardem Quotes 0
It is better to be defeated on principle than to win on lies. Arthur Calwell Australian Politician More Arthur Calwell Quotes 0
One never knows whether people have principles on principle or whether for their own personal satisfaction. Karel Capek Czechoslovakian Writer More Karel Capek Quotes 0
I shall argue that strong men, conversely, know when to compromise and that all principles can be compromised to serve a greater principle. Andrew Carnegie American Businessman More Andrew Carnegie Quotes 0