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Letter "P" » Principles
«Today, the theory of evolution is an accepted fact for everyone but a fundamentalist minority, whose objections are based not on reasoning but on doctrinaire adherence to religious principles»
Author: James D. Watson
| About:
Evolution,
Principles,
Religion
| Keywords:
adherence, doctrinaire, doctrinaires, evolution, fundamentalist, Fundamentalists, minority, objections, reasoning, theory of, theory of evolution
«To be prosperous is not to be superior, and should form no barrier between men. Wealth out not to secure the prosperous the slightest consideration. The only distinctions which should be recognized are those of the soul, of strong principle, of incorruptible integrity, of usefulness, of cultivated intellect, of fidelity in seeking the truth.»
Author: William Ellery Channing
(Author, Clergyman)
| About:
Principles,
Soul,
Wealth
| Keywords:
barrier, consideration, cultivated, distinctions, fidelity, incorruptible, prosperous, recognized, slightest, usefulness
«Those are my principles, and if you don't like them... well, I have others.»
«To have doubted one's own first principles is the mark of a civilized man.»
Author: Oliver Wendell Holmes
(Humorist, Physician, Poet, Professor, Writer)
| About:
Doubt,
Principles
| Keywords:
civilized, doubted, first principle, first principles, The Mark, The Mark of
«We all like to hear a man speak out on his convictions and principles. But at the same time, you must understand that when you're running on a ticket, you're running with a team.»
«To stand upon ramparts and die for our principles is heroic, but to sally forth to battle and win for our principles is something more than heroic»
Author: Franklin D. Roosevelt
(President)
| About:
Principles
| Keywords:
rampart, ramparts, sallied, sallies, sally, sally forth
«We're in a fight for our principles and our first responsibility is to live by them.»
Author: George W. Bush
(President)
| About:
Military,
Principles,
Responsibility
| Keywords:
first principle
«We all live in the protection of certain cowardices which we call our principles.»
Author: Mark Twain
(Humorist, Lecturer, Writer)
| About:
Principles
| Keywords:
all, call, call at, call out, call up, certain, In the, live, live in, principles, protection, protections, The Calling
«Two things I do value a lot, intimacy and the capacity for joy, didn't seem to be on anyone else's list. I felt like the stranger in a strange land, and decided I'd better not marry the natives.»
Author: Richard Bach
(Writer)
| About:
Joy,
Principles
| Keywords:
be on, decided, felt, intimacies, intimacy, land, list, listed, Lists of, marry, my list, Natives, not listed, stranger, Strange Land, the list, The Stranger
«This fight against drilling in the Arctic Refuge is a fight about our principles. It?s about standing up for our environment, our families and our future, and I won?t give up this fight.»
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