Principled Stand Quotes

My political opponents can have their pound of flesh … but they will not eat into my beliefs

Every cause that ever I fought, I fought it full without regret or shame.

The man who is tenacious of purpose in a rightful cause is not shaken from his firm resolve by the frenzy of his fellow citizens clamoring for what is wrong, or by the tyrant's threatening countenance.

I do not regret the part I have taken in a cause so just and interesting to mankind.

I don't fight fascists because I'll win. I fight fascists because they are fascists.

The world expects of Christians that they will raise their voices so loudly and clearly and so formulate their protest that not even the simplest man can have the slightest doubt about what they are saying. Further, the world expects of Christians that they will eschew all fuzzy abstractions and plant themselves squarely in front of the bloody face of history. We stand in need of folk who have determined to speak directly and unmistakably and come what may, to stand by what they have said.

As long as I sit at Henry Clay's desk, I will remember his lifelong desire to forge agreement, but I will also keep close to my heart the principled stand of his cousin, Cassius Clay, who refused to forsake the life of any human, simply to find agreement.

Stubbornness is a positive quality of presidential leadership - if you're right about what you're stubborn about.

I'm willing to negotiate, but not compromise my core principles.

U.S. lawmakers should take a firm and principled stand consistent with their rhetoric about the importance of human rights and democracy in Egypt.

I opposed the Suez war, I opposed the Falklands war. I opposed the Libyan bombing and I opposed the Gulf war and I never believed that any of those principled arguments lost a single vote - indeed, I think they gained support though that was not why you did it. What has been lacking in Labour politics over a long period is a principled stand

I was pleased to see that Chief Justice [John] Roberts refused to prejudge issues or make promises in exchange for confirmation votes. We're all better off because of his principled stand.

Defeat in doing right is nevertheless victory.

I will not be a traitor of God to please the whole world.

No compromise with the main purpose; no peace till victory; no pact with unrepentant wrong.

Stand for right, even if you stand alone.

Rightly to be great Is not to stir without great argument, But greatly to find quarrel in a straw When honour's at the stake.

I'm a man of convictions. If you press me about how I feel about an issue, you're going to see my convictions.

If there's a principle really worth sticking up for, I'll go the whole way.

When people ask what were the qualities of Bobby Kennedy that they most admired, it was first that he was tough. Second, he told the truth and third, he stood up for the little guy.

Did I follow Truth wherever she led, And stand against the whole world for a cause, And uphold the weak against the strong? If I did I would be remembered among men.

A man who cannot be enticed by money or intimidated by the threat of jail or death has two of the strongest weapons that anyone has to offer.

I stand up for what I believe in and a lot of the time that can be against people's opinion.

People know that I'm going to do what's right.

Republicans aren't cowards. Many will take the side of climate principle in a fair fight. But it is asking a lot of them to take a principled stand on climate when they don't see one corporate friend ready to help them.