Klemens von Metternich Quotes

Well, I get on with people who believe in something.

I have steadfastly refused to make concessions that would undermine my ideals.

The test of a belief is not exclusively in the belief itself, but also in the intentions and actions of those who embrace it.

Some people still have causes they will not desert, even though the cause seems lost.

No virtue is safe that is not enthusiastic.

Great persecutors are recruited among martyrs whose heads haven't been cut off.

I don't think that has to be our choice... This party was born in principle. This party will die if it doesn't stand by its decision of principle.

I think it's wrong to compromise your values to fit in with the social climate in Washington, D.C. When it comes to spending, I'm not compromising. I don't care who, what, when or where, I'm not compromising.

I cannot surrender my principles, though the whole world besides should vote them down - I can make no compromise between truth and error, even though my life be the alternative.

My prison shall be my grave before I will budge a jot; for I owe my conscience to no mortal man.

One man with beliefs is equal to a thousand with only interests.

When it comes to the cause of justice, I take no prisoners and I don't believe in compromising.

I cannot sacrifice or compromise my principles.

I would rather have a man that knows and loves what he fights for... than a man which you call a "gentleman".

You have to believe in something strongly enough that you would lose your seat over it.

I really can't get involved with any project that I don't feel a hundred percent I can stand behind.

If you stand for something, that means there are going to be people who support you and people who don't support you.

When you just stand for something, you kind of stand for it.

When you stand for something, you've got to stand for it all the way, not half way.

I love people that go the distance. I hate things that are lukewarm. They've got to be one way or the other and go all the way.

I've stuck by my beliefs, I'm not going to change.

I don't like compromises. I will give everything.

Above all, beware of compromises. I do not mean that you are to get into antagonism with anybody, but you have to hold on to your own principles in weal or woe and never adjust them to others "fads" thought the greed of getting supporters.

I will follow the right side even to the fire, but excluding the fire if I can.

Never compromise a principle or relinquish a vital truth.