Sentence examples for Political principled from inspiring English sources

In a realm full of Olympian arse-kissers, she seemed more political, principled and interesting than her peers.

Among baby boomers, he was equally renowned as a principled political activist for his leadership in the movement to end the Vietnam War.

Like Patrice Lumumba – an earlier principled political leader who was a violent casualty of the cold war – Sankara proved to be a creative and unconventional politician.

A welcome aspect of Burt's study is that it presents the debate between Lincoln and Douglas as a real debate between two principled political actors struggling to make sense of their time.

I've written favorably about Rand Paul in the past, and I expect to do so again: He's exactly the kind of principled political entrepreneur that moribund parties need.

The state's image took a hit despite its long history of producing famously principled political figures, from the bowtied Senator Paul Simon to the great man on the penny.

It suggests against resolving contests where any decision would erode the Court's legitimacy by appearing political, rather than principled.

There are deep-seated political and principled motivations for kicking the high-skilled immigration reform can down the road.

Far more adept at working out what is prudent than advocating what is principled, their political imagination can comprehend what is possible, but it rarely stretches to creating new possibilities.

He told reporters he could forgive Mr. Gore's support for the death penalty -- a subject Mr. Gore did not raise -- because his stand was principled and not political.

"Even the name of it is wonderful: the Voting Rights Act," Justice Scalia said, his voice dripping with sarcasm as he suggested that only political correctness, rather than a principled commitment to protect the right to vote, had kept the disputed Section 5 of the act alive through four successive Congressional re-enactments.