In matters of style, swim with the current; in matters of principle, stand like a rock.

Force is the vital principle and immediate parent of despotism.

Money, not morality, is the principle commerce of civilized nations.

If there is one principle more deeply rooted in the mind of every American, it is that we should have nothing to do with conquest.

Always stand on principle even if you stand alone.

It is incumbent on every generation to pay its own debts as it goes. A principle which if acted on would save one-half the wars of the world.