The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 54
A man is a method, a progressive arrangement; a selecting principle, gathering his like to him; wherever he goes. Ralph Waldo Emerson American Poet More Ralph Waldo Emerson Quotes 54
The strongest principle of growth lies in the human choice. George Eliot British Author More George Eliot Quotes 3
I have called this principle, by which each slight variation, if useful, is preserved, by the term of Natural Selection. Charles Darwin English Scientist More Charles Darwin Quotes 1
The first principle of child-rearing is to choose a good mother. Christian Morgenstern German Poet More Christian Morgenstern Quotes 1
Always vote for principle, though you may vote alone, and you may cherish the sweetest reflection that your vote is never lost. John Quincy Adams American President More John Quincy Adams Quotes 1
A house must be built on solid foundations if it is to last. The same principle applies to man, otherwise he too will sink back into the soft ground and becomes swallowed up by the world of illusion. Sai Baba Indian Leader More Sai Baba Quotes 1
The one principle that surrounds everything else is that of stewardship; that we are the managers of everything that God has given us. Larry Burkett More Larry Burkett Quotes 1
The principle of Sturgeon's Razor states that the simplest answer to any problem is 90% crap. Aaron Allston American Novelist More Aaron Allston Quotes 1
Form follows profit is the aesthetic principle of our times. Richard Rogers British Architect More Richard Rogers Quotes 1
Here is my principle: Taxes shall be levied according to ability to pay. That is the only American principle. Franklin D. Roosevelt American President More Franklin D. Roosevelt Quotes 0
Emancipation from every kind of bondage is my principle. I go for recognition of human rights, without distinction of sect, party, sex, or color. Ernestine L. Rose More Ernestine L. Rose Quotes 0
Carry out the republican principle of universal suffrage, or strike it from your banners and substitute 'Freedom and Power to one half of society, and Submission and Slavery to the other.' Ernestine Rose Activist More Ernestine Rose Quotes 0
In the laws of the land, she has no rights; in government she has no voice. And in spite of another principle recognized in this Republic, namely, that 'taxation without representation is tyranny,' she is taxed without being represented. Ernestine Rose Activist More Ernestine Rose Quotes 0
There is a good principle which created order, light, and man, and an evil principle which created chaos, darkness, and woman. Pythagoras Greek Mathematician More Pythagoras Quotes 0
Now, being a science fiction writer, when I see a natural principle, I wonder if it could fail. Rudy Rucker American Scientist More Rudy Rucker Quotes 0
The principle of all successful effort is to try to do not what is absolutely the best, but what is easily within our power, and suited for our temperament and condition. John Ruskin English Writer More John Ruskin Quotes 0
Health is the vital principle of bliss, and exercise, of health. James Thomson Scottish Musician More James Thomson Quotes 0
I would point out that Japan's proposal at the Versailles Peace Conference on the principle of racial equality was rejected by delegates such as those from Britain and the United States. Hideki Tojo Japanese Soldier More Hideki Tojo Quotes 0
They enlarged the domains of commerce by treaties with all nations, upon the great principle of equal justice to all nations, and special favors to none. Robert Toombs American Politician More Robert Toombs Quotes 0
There are many men of principle in both parties in America, but there is no party of principle. Alexis de Tocqueville French Scientist More Alexis de Tocqueville Quotes 0
It is a paradoxical but profoundly true and important principle of life that the most likely way to reach a goal is to be aiming not at that goal itself but at some more ambitious goal beyond it. Arnold J. Toynbee British Historian More Arnold J. Toynbee Quotes 0
I do not have, nor do I believe I have seen, a vision capacious and convincing enough to propound as an organizing principle for the next phase in the law of our Constitution. Laurence Tribe American Lawyer More Laurence Tribe Quotes 0
Circumstances give in reality to every political principle, its distinguishing colour, and discriminating effect. The circumstances are what render every civil and political scheme beneficial or noxious to mankind. David Trimble Irish Politician More David Trimble Quotes 0
And this is the Anarchistic definition of the State: the embodiment of the principle of invasion in an individual, or a band of individuals, assuming to act as representatives or masters of the entire people within a given area. Benjamin Tucker American Activist More Benjamin Tucker Quotes 0