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The little things, I can obey. But the big things - how we think, what we value - those you must choose yourself. You can't let anyone - or any society - determine those for you.

I have principles and I am not going to be forced to compromise them.

Authority must be respected and chosen wisely.

While we should never give up our principles, we must also realize that we cannot maintain our principles unless we survive.

If principles don't determine what you are going to pass or do, then power will.

God, great principle of all minor principles, God, who is Himself without a principle, could not conceive Himself, if, in order to do it, He required to know His own principle.

My father taught me that you have to stand by your principles.

If we are really going to learn from others, we must decide to fully obey.

You can compromise without violating your principles, but it is nearly impossible to compromise when you turn principles into ideology.