#principles

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

#compromise #compromised #conversely #greater #i

Swing voters are more appropriately known as the 'idiot voters' because they have no set of philosophical principles. By the age of fourteen, you're either a Conservative or a Liberal if you have an IQ above a toaster. ↗

— Ann Coulter

#age #appropriately #because #conservative #either

It was expected of me that I was to bow to the name of Andrew Jackson... even at the expense of my conscience and judgement. such a thing was new to me, and a total stranger to my principles. ↗

— Davy Crockett

#bow #conscience #even #expected #expense

And so, today, if the state can no longer appeal to the old moral principles that belong to the Christian tradition, it will be forced to create a new official faith and new moral principles which will be binding on its citizens. ↗

— Christopher Dawson

#belong #binding #christian #christian tradition #citizens

It's never acceptable to target civilians. It violates the Geneva Accords, it violates the international law of war and it violates all principles of morality. ↗

— Alan Dershowitz

#accords #civilians #geneva #international #international law

You can design a mortgage system that is different without a Fannie and Freddie, but there are principles you have to have, to have a good system. ↗

— Jamie Dimon

#different #fannie #freddie #good #mortgage

Damn your principles! Stick to your party. ↗

— Benjamin Disraeli

#party #principles #stick #your

And since geometry is the right foundation of all painting, I have decided to teach its rudiments and principles to all youngsters eager for art. ↗

— Albrecht Durer

#decided #eager #foundation #geometry #i

Now, the language that had grown up and formed itself on those principles is what one is dealing with, and the problem is to bring a work of art in that medium into another medium formed on different principles and heard and understood in a different way. ↗

— Robert Fitzgerald

#art #bring #dealing #different #different way

My idea here is that, inasmuch as certain cognitive tasks and principles are tied to nature's laws, these tasks and principles are indifferent to language, culture, gender, or the particular mode of information that is provided. ↗

— Edward Tufte

#cognitive #culture #gender #here #idea