#principle

The hero, the mythical subject, is constructed as human being and as male; he is the active principle of culture, the establisher of distinction, the creator of differences. ↗

— Teresa de Lauretis

#being #constructed #creator #culture #differences

It is a sound principle of finance, and a still sounder principle of government, that those who have the duty of expending the revenue of a country should also be saddled with the responsibility of levying and providing it. ↗

— Wilfrid Laurier

#country #duty #expending #finance #government

In places where women have achieved gender equality, for instance, men tend to be happier than women. And in places where women are still not treated equally, women are often happier than men. Other studies have shown that, despite the popular belief that nobody wants to get older, most people actually get happier after a certain age. ↗

— Dan Buettner

#age

Middle age has been defined as what happens when a person's broad mind and narrow waist change places. ↗

— A.C. Grayling

#principles #reason #age

I like persons better than principles, and I like persons with no principles better than anything else in the world. ↗

— Oscar Wilde

#better #else #i #like #persons

The mission of the United States is one of benevolent assimilation. ↗

— William McKinley

#differences #our #policies #principles

What does it mean to be an American? While each of us may have our own specific answer to that question, we likely can agree on the basic principles of America: freedom, equal opportunity, and rights accompanied by responsibilities. ↗

— Ben Nelson

#agree #america #american #answer #basic

Freedom. And Justice. If you have those two, it covers everything. You must stick to those principles and have the courage of your convictions. ↗

— Ian Smith

#courage #covers #everything #freedom #justice

The United States form a young republic, a confederacy which ought ever to be cemented by a union of interests and affection, under the influence of those principles which obtained their independence. ↗

— Mercy Otis Warren

#cemented #confederacy #ever #form #independence

I've always worked on the principle that if it interests me enough to write about it, then it must interest a lot of other people. ↗

— Morris West

#always #enough #i #interest #interests