24 Best Principle Quotes

Virtue is more to man than either water or fire. I have seen men die from treading on water and fire, but I have never seen a man die from treading the course of virtue. – Confucius

I'm playing with matches, and I'd really like to burn the place down. – Toby Ziegler

Let justice be done, though the heavens fall. – Howard Hamlin

I have my own personal code of conduct. I don't break my own rules. – Maki Zenin

I will never kill a human being. That is my principle. – Vash the Stampede

Not being heard is no reason for silence.

You have enemies? Good. That means you've stood up for something, sometime in your life. – Winston Churchill

I am not bound to win, but I am bound to be true. I am not bound to succeed, but I am bound to live by the light that I have. – Abraham Lincoln

Be sure you put your feet in the right place, then stand firm. – Abraham Lincoln

This aggression will not stand, man. – The Dude

Mark it zero! – Walter Sobchak

I don't roll on Shabbos! – Walter Sobchak

Nihilists! Fuck me. I mean, say what you want about the tenets of National Socialism, Dude, at least it's an ethos. – Walter Sobchak

The line must be drawn here! This far, no further! – Captain Picard

The first duty of every Starfleet officer is to the truth, whether it's scientific truth or historical truth or personal truth! It is the guiding principle on which Starfleet is based! – Captain Picard

I don't want to kill anyone. I don't like bullies. I don't care where they're from. – Steve Rogers

This isn't freedom, this is fear. – Steve Rogers

We're not going to trade lives. – Steve Rogers

Sometimes you have to be willing to give up everything, even what you love most, to do what's right. – Kyle Broflovski

When you have decided what you believe, what you feel must be done, have the courage to stand alone and be counted. – Eleanor Roosevelt

A person's worth is measured by the worth of what he values. – Marcus Aurelius

You're not to be so blind with patriotism that you can't face reality. Wrong is wrong, no matter who does it or says it. – Malcolm X

I'm for truth, no matter who tells it. I'm for justice, no matter who it's for or against. – Malcolm X

Be peaceful, be courteous, obey the law, respect everyone; but if someone puts his hand on you, send him to the cemetery. – Malcolm X