Unwavering Principle Quotes

A truth does not become greater through repetition.

No excuses ever, for anyone; that is my principle at the outset. I deny the good intention, the respectable mistake, the indiscretion, the extenuating circumstance. With me there is no giving of absolution or blessing.

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?

I have never asked a prime minister for anything.

There's no exception to the rule, yes, everybody's somebody's fool.

For years I had been disillusioned by the Church of England's compromising on everything. The Catholic Church doesn't care if something is unpopular.

To get salvation we must not only do some things, but everything which God has commanded...The object with me is to obey and teach others to obey God in just what he tells us to do. It mattereth not whether the principle is popular or unpopular; I will always maintain a true principle even if I stand alone in it.

If an honest man is the noblest work of God, then Mr. Lincoln's title to high nobility is clear and unquestioned.

Every man should stand for a force which is perfectly irresistible.

You do what you have to do in life, when you form a philosophy that you can't talk yourself out of.

He [Ulysses S. Grant] will hew to the line of right, let the chips fly where they may.