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Behavior, n. Conduct, as determined, not by principle, but by breeding.

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The great difficulty with politics is, that there are no established principles.

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It is my principle never to accept any donations from any government or any foreign funded organisation.

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The value of a principle is the number of things it will explain.

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The great need to grasp principles had caused me to spend most of my time on fruitless persuits.

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We first observe facts, then generalise, and then draw conclusions or principles.

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When you build a bridge, you insist that it can carry 30,000 pounds, but you only drive 10,000-pound trucks across it. And that same principle works in investing.

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The propagation of truth and nonviolence can be done less by books than by actually living on those principles.

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Though the principles of the banking trade may appear somewhat abstruse, the practice is capable of being reduced to strict rules. To depart upon any occasion from those rules, is consequence of some flattering speculation of extraordinary gain, is almost always extremely dangerous, and frequently fatal to the banking company which attempts it.

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A maxim is a conclusion upon observation of matters of fact, and is merely speculative; a "principle" carries knowledge within itself, and is prospective.

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Even matter called inorganic, believed to be dead, responds to irritants and gives unmistakable evidence of a living principle within. Everything that exists, organic or inorganic, animated or inert, is susceptible to stimulus from the outside.

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The National Health Service is safe with us. The principle of adequate healthcare should be provided for all regardless of ability to pay must be the function of any arrangements for financing the NHS. We stand by that.

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He who knows not how to plant his will in things at least endows them with some meaning: that is to say, he believes that a will is already present in them (A principle of faith.)

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... There must then be a principle of such a kind that its substance is activity.

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The leaders should all relate to this principle: the governed must be as happy as possible.

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Because of lack of moral principle, human life becomes worthless. Moral principle, truthfulness, is a key factor. If we lose that, then there is no future.

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We will stand on principle or we will not stand at all.

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Never stand so high upon a principle that you cannot lower it to suit the circumstances.

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There are no principles; there are only events. There is no good and bad, there are only circumstances.

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For we do not think that we know a thing until we are acquainted with its primary conditions or first principles, and have carried our analysis as far as its simplest elements.

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