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"7 DEADLY SINS
Wealth without work
Pleasure without conscience
Science without humanity
Knowledge without character
Politics without principle
Commerce without morality
Worship without sacrifice."
— Mahatma Gandhi
Wealth without work
Pleasure without conscience
Science without humanity
Knowledge without character
Politics without principle
Commerce without morality
Worship without sacrifice."
— Mahatma Gandhi
"On matters of style, swim with the current, on matters of principle, stand like a rock."
— Thomas Jefferson
— Thomas Jefferson
"Security subsists, too, in fidelity to freedom's first principles. ... The laws and Constitution are designed to survive, and remain in force, in extraordinary times. Liberty and security can be reconciled; and in our system they are reconciled within the framework of the law."
— Justice Anthony Kennedy
— Justice Anthony Kennedy
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"Laws and principles are not for the times when there is no temptation: they are for such moments as this, when body and soul rise in mutiny against their rigour."
— Charlotte Brontë (Jane Eyre)
— Charlotte Brontë (Jane Eyre)
"When you see no present advantage, walk by faith and not by sight. Do God the honor to trust Him when it comes to matters of loss for the sake of principle."
— Charles Spurgeon
— Charles Spurgeon
"I would rather be an opportunist and float than go to the bottom with my principles around my neck."
— Stanley Baldwin
— Stanley Baldwin
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