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The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. Whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the read more
The spread of evil is the symptom of a vacuum. Whenever evil wins, it is only by default: by the moral failure of those who evade the fact that there can be no compromise on basic principles.
I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.
I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.
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.
'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.
Leave no question in anyone's mind as to where you stand.
Leave no question in anyone's mind as to where you stand.
Important principles may and must be inflexible.
Important principles may and must be inflexible.
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.
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.
Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.
Important principles may, and must, be inflexible.