principled stance Quotes

Stand with anybody that stands right. Stand with him while he is right and part with him when he goes wrong.

I'd rather sink with a bad theory than swim with muddy pragmatism.

Anyone, they say, is entitled to change his mind. Not about the defence of Britain, you're not. You either feel it in your heart, in your bones, in your gut, or you don't.

People say sometimes, gosh, that was brave of you to write such-and-such last week. 'Brave?' What do they mean 'brave?' It's right! How could you not write it?

Absolutely. Slade! A band that would never bend over.

Michelle Obama is somebody who really wants to take the high road.

The Czech Republic stood with the U.S., Canada and a handful of other countries against the prevailing international current, but history has shown us time and again that what is right is not what is popular.

If the AMA [American Medical Association] is against you, you must be doing something right.

A man must have guts enough to fall out even with his friends .... The only way to play politics is not to play politics.

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.

Taking a principled and consistent stance over Iraq has attracted much criticism from our detractors and opponents.

Whenever the abortion issue is raised, people are asked to compromise their principles in order to reach some sort of political accommodation.

It's very nice to be a rebel saying, 'I stand on my principles,' but if in fact that's not going to have any impact on the policy, it may be principled, but it doesn't deliver the better outcome that the country needs.

Compromise, hell! That's what has happened to us all down the line -- and that's the very cause of our woes. If freedom is right and tyranny is wrong, why should those who believe in freedom treat it as if it were a roll of bologna to be bartered a slice at a time?

One of the problems the Republican Party has had is that we're too fast to compromise. You can compromise on the little stuff, but you can't compromise on your core principles.

One thing I certainly never was made for, and that is to put principles on and off at the dictation of a party, as a lackey changes his livery at his master's command.

I fight for what I believe. If you are not willing to stand up for what you believe, your beliefs are not strong enough.

I support the president 100 percent - when he's right.

I have a clean conscience and ideals that I am willing to defend.

Being against other people's policies eventually puts you in a downward spiral. It's fine to be principled and oppose views that you don't agree with, but you also have to have an alternative.

(I)f France's righteous bloviating against war makes them your Dashboard Saint of International Integrity, it's either because you are sand-poundingly ignorant of how the world works or it's because you think France's self-interest is more important than America's. If the former applies to you, read a book. If it's the latter, maybe you should move there along with Alec Baldwin, Robert Altman, and the rest of the crowd who promised to leave a long time ago. But whatever you do, don't call France's position principled, because that just insults us both.

Always stand on principle even if you stand alone.

You have to stand up for what's right in life. Unless you do that... you're nothing.

If you stand for something, you will always find some people for you and some people against you. If you stand for nothing, you will find nobody against you, and nobody for you.

If I feel strongly, I say it. I know I can do more good by being vocal than by staying quiet. I'd have a whole lot more money if I lied, but I wouldn't enjoy spending it.