For liberals, generally speaking, honoring procedures - means - is the core of what being 'principled' means. For conservatives, fighting for the right outcome - ends - even at the expense of procedural nicety, is what being 'principled' means.
Related Keywords: Right Being Speaking Ends Expense Outcome Means
Related Authors: Theodore Roosevelt Voltaire Niccolo Machiavelli Karl Marx Alexis de Tocqueville W. E. B. Du Bois Zora Neale Hurston