Permissiveness is the principle of treating children as if they were adults; and the tactic of making sure they never reach that stage.
My message to Washington is very simple. Face reality. Be leaders. Demonstrate accountability. Engage in principle compromise. And understand your job is to find solutions.
The sound principle of a topsy-turvy lifestyle in the framework of an upside-down world order has stood every test.
The true principle to promotion and advancement is generosity.The giving of oneself… your time, talent and substance. Today, I choose to be a giver.
I don't like to hurt people's feelings, and I don't like to knock other writers as a matter of principle.
Welfare distorts behavior, makes one less personally responsible and reduces the role of private charity. This principle applies to corporate welfare.
I watched Reagan turn around the country by lowering taxes and controlling spending, and I'm applying the same principles.
It is the genius of our Constitution that under its shelter of enduring institutions and rooted principles there is ample room for the rich fertility of American political invention.
I believe all complicated phenomena can be explained by simpler scientific principles.
The security of which we speak is to be attained by the development of international law through an international organization based on the principles of law and justice.
Water is the softest thing, yet it can penetrate mountains and earth. This shows clearly the principle of softness overcoming hardness.
I was raised a socialist by two very socialist parents, and I still feel very animated about socialist principles.
It is right that we should stand by and act on our principles; but not right to hold them in obstinate blindness, or retain them when proved to be erroneous.
A principle is the expression of perfection, and as imperfect beings like us cannot practise perfection, we devise every moment limits of its compromise in practice.
Us atheist people, we believe we have to act properly and honestly for a moral principle and not because we expect an award in Paradise.
We live in a world where it's difficult to be a woman who is strong and confident, so I like to surround myself with friends that embody that same principle and idea.
There is no question but that the laws and principles which Solon laid down both foreshadowed and prepared the way for all republics of later ages, including our own.
Just because people are in authority, if it doesn't seem right, don't do it. If it violates your own principles, don't do it.
People end up fleeing countries who adopt economic policies based on these flawed principles. And more often than not, they come here.
There's nothing wrong with giving up all your principles for a suitable financial reward. It is indeed the basis of our society.
In principle, skeptics are neither closed-minded nor cynical. We are curious but cautious.
