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I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.
I have been a selfish being all my life, in practice, though not in principle.
Leave no question in anyone's mind as to where you stand.
Leave no question in anyone's mind as to where you stand.
Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.
Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.
Important principles may and must be inflexible.
Important principles may and must be inflexible.
If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody,
If one sticks too rigidly to one's principles, one would hardly see anybody,
We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles.
We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles.
It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
It is easier to fight for one's principles than to live up to them.
Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.
Principles have no real force except when one is well-fed.
'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, read more
'Tis the business of little minds to shrink; but he whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves his conduct, will pursue his principles unto death.
