“To know John Kennedy, as I did, was to understand the true meaning of the word. He understood that courage is not something to be gauged in a poll or located in a focus group. No adviser can spin it. No historian can backdate it. For, in the age old contest between popularity and principle, only those willing to lose for their convictions are deserving of posterity's approval.” KnowsAgeLosesPrinciplesFocusGroupsWillingUnderstoodConvictionHistorianApprovalPopularityContestsPollsPosterityDeservingAdviserTrue MeaningJohn KennedyFocus Groups Author:Gerald R. Ford
“ANARCHISM (from the Gr. , and , contrary to authority), the name given to a principle or theory of life and conduct under which society is conceived without government harmony in such a society being obtained, not by submission to law, or by obedience to any authority, but by free agreements concluded between the various groups, territorial and professional, freely constituted for the sake of production and consumption, as also for the satisfaction of the infinite variety of needs and aspirations of a civilized being.” NeedsGovernmentLawNamesGivenPrinciplesGroupsTheoryAuthorityHarmonyInfiniteSakeSatisfactionProductionsVariousContraryVarietyObedienceAspirationAgreementCivilizedConsumptionSubmissionAnarchismTerritorialTheory Of Life Book:Anarchism: A Collection of Revolutionary Writings Source: Anarchism: A Collection of Revolutionary Writings
“Either the State for ever, crushing individual and local life, taking over in all fields of human activity, bringing with it its wars and its domestic struggles for power, its palace revolutions which only replace one tyrant by another, and inevitably at the end of this development there is ... death! Or the destruction of States, and new life starting again in thousands of centers on the principle of the lively initiative of the individual and groups and that of free agreement.The choice lies with you!” HumansWarEndsStatesLyingChoicesIndividualPrinciplesStruggleGroupsFieldsRevolutionDevelopmentActivityDestructionStartingLocalsCrushAgreementTyrantsInitiativeNew LifePalacesLivelyHuman Activity Author:Peter Kropotkin
“[Proportional representation is a] device for defeating democracy, the principle of which was that the majority should rule, and for bringing faddists of all kinds into Parliament, and establishing groups and disintegrating parties.” ShouldKindPartyPrinciplesDemocracyGroupsMajorityAll KindsDevicesRepresentationParliamentProportional Representation Author:David Lloyd George
“It has actually been suggested that warfare may have been the principle evolutionary pressure that created the huge gap between the human brain and that of our closest living relatives, the anthropoid apes. Whole groups of hominids with inferior brains could not win wars and were therefore exterminated.” HumansMayHas BeensWarWholeWinningBrainPrinciplesGroupsHugePressureGapsClosestWarfareInferiorsApesHuman BrainHominids Author:Jane Goodall
“Consider, I pray, whether you are not renouncing all shame and sincerity to advance such principles. Because a comet appears in a group of stars which the ancients thought fit to call the Virgin, therefore, shall our women be barren, or have frequent miscarriages, or die old maids. I know of nothing which hangs so ill together! To offer such things in seriousness, shows the greatest contempt of mankind, and the most scandalous lying impunity.” KnowsShowsTogetherLyingDiesStarsPrinciplesGroupsAtheismMankindPrayingFitOffersShameIllPositive AtheismContemptSincerityVirginsI PraySeriousnessMaidsBarrenImpunityCometsScandalousMiscarriageOld Maids Author:Pierre Bayle
“There exists no third principle for the organisation of the economics process which can be rationally chosen to achieve any desirable ends, in addition to either a functioning market in which nobody can conclusively determine how well-off particular groups or individuals will be, or a central direction where a group organised for power determines it.” WellsEndsIndividualProcessPrinciplesGroupsAchieveParticularEconomicsThirdsDetermineChosenDesirableOrganisationOrganised Author:Friedrich August von Hayek
“An effective leader is willing to think about what's happening and how to understand what's going on. Facilitating flow and making others more conscious of it, the leader communicates an awareness of process to the group, making them more aware of their energies and options. One important principle is to keep track of who has not spoken. ... It's also important to notice when people do speak out but are not heard. Effective leaders practice patience, reminding themselves to wait and observe, remembering that there's always more going on in a group than we're consciously aware of.” PeopleThinkingImportantRememberEnergySpeakWaitingProcessLeadershipLeaderPrinciplesPracticeHeardGroupsAwarenessWillingHappeningsConsciousFlowTrackCommunicateRemindingSpeaks Out Author:Diane Dreher
“Conservatives . . . may decide to join the game and seek activist judges with conservative views. Should that come to pass, those who have tempted the courts to political judging will have gained nothing for themselves but will have destroyed a great and essential institution. . . . There are only two sides. Either the Constitution and statutes are law, which means their principles are known and control judges, or they are malleable texts that judges may rewrite to see that particular groups or political causes win.” ShouldMayMeanTwoLawPoliticalGamesWinningCausesSidesViewsKnownPrinciplesGroupsParticularJudgingEssentialsConstitutionInstitutionsCourtConservativeDestroyedActivistTemptedTwo SidesStatutes Author:Robert Bork
“Maintain perfect harmony between yourself and every member of your mastermind group. If you fail to carry out this instruction to the letter, you may expect to meet with failure. The master mind principle cannot obtain where perfect harmony does not prevail.” IfsMindMayDoePerfectPrinciplesFailingGroupsMastersMembersLettersHarmonyInstructionPerfect HarmonyMastermind Author:Napoleon Hill
“In principle... no government in the world can accept an armed terrorist group, some of them coming from abroad, controlling streets and villages in the name of jihad.” WorldGovernmentNamesAcceptingPrinciplesGroupsStreetsTerroristVillageJihadTerrorist Groups Author:Walid Muallem
“The suggestion of denying any measure of their full political rights to such a great group of our population as the colored people is one which, however it might be received in some other quarters, could not possibly be permitted by one who feels a responsibility for living up to the traditions and maintaining the principles of the Republican Party. Our Constitution guarantees equal rights to all our citizens, without discrimination on account of race or color. I have taken my oath to support that Constitution.” FeelsMightPoliticalPartyRaceResponsibilityPrinciplesSupportTakenRightsGroupsColorCitizensRepublicanEqualTraditionAccountsConstitutionPopulationDiscriminationCivil RightsAfrican AmericanGuaranteesQuartersSuggestionsRepublican PartyMaintainingEqual RightsOathPolitical Rights Author:Calvin Coolidge
“The G7 and former G8 group has always viewed itself as a community of values, the annexation of Crimea, which is a blatant violation of the principles of international law, and the events in eastern Ukraine are serious violations of these common values.” LawValuesCommunityCommonPrinciplesGroupsEventsSeriousInternationalFormerEasternViolationUkraineInternational LawCrimeaAnnexation Author:Angela Merkel
“For the Staffel: attack on principle in groups of four or six. When the fight breaks up into a series of single combats, take care that several do not go for one opponent.” CareFightingPrinciplesBreakFourGroupsSixSeriesTake CareOpponentsAviationCombat Author:Oswald Boelcke
“In accordance to the principles of doublethink, it does not matter if the war is not real, or when it is, that victory is not possible. The war is not meant to be won. It is meant to be continuous. The essential act of modern warfare is the destruction of the produce of human labour. A hierarchical society is only possible on the basis of poverty and ignorance. In principle, the war effort is always planned to keep society on the brink of starvation. The war is waged by the ruling group against its own subjects, and its object is not victory over Eurasia or Eastasia, but to keep the very structure of society intact.” IfsDifferentWarRealMatterPastEffortPrinciplesPovertyGroupsSubjectsObjectsIgnoranceVictoryBasesStructureEastVersionsMeant To BeAsiaRulingStarvationEast Asia Author:Michael Moore
“European democracy was originally imbued with a sense of Christian responsibility and self-discipline, but these spiritual principles have been gradually losing their force. Spiritual independence is being pressured on all sides by the dictatorship of self-satisfied vulgarity, of the latest fads, and of group interests.” Has BeensSelfChristianSpiritualForceSidesInterestResponsibilityPrinciplesDemocracyGroupsDisciplineLosingIndependenceSatisfiedDictatorshipSelf DisciplineVulgarityFadsPressured Author:Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
“No man may initiate the use of physical force against others. No man-or group or society or government-has the right to assume the role of a criminal and initiate the use of physical compulsion against any man. Men have the right to use physical force only in retaliation and only against those who initiate its use. The ethical principle involved is simple and clear-cut: it is the difference between murder and self-defense.” MenMaySelfUseGovernmentForceDifferencesSimplePrinciplesRolesClearCuttingGroupsInvolvedMurderAssumingDefenseCriminalsEthicalCompulsionSelf DefenseInitiateRetaliationPhysical ForceEthical Principles Author:Ayn Rand
“The good news from the U.S. military survey of focus groups is that Iraqis do accept the Nuremberg principles. They understand that sectarian violence and the other postwar horrors are contained within the supreme international crime committed by the invaders.” AcceptingPrinciplesFocusViolenceGroupsMilitaryCrimeHorrorNewsInternationalCommittedSupremeGood NewsSurveysInvadersFocus GroupsNurembergNuremberg Trials Author:Noam Chomsky