Sentence examples similar to a principled declaration from inspiring English sources

A fair answer must consider this: is it better to make an unprincipled declaration to be able to make positive principled change -- or better to make only principled declarations and thereby be excluded from being able to make that principled change?

It wasn't selfishness but, rather, a principled egoism.

A principled desire to live more lightly on the planet?

But he is a pragmatist, albeit a principled one.

He led a principled, honest and dignified life.

This flies in the face of a principled welfare system".

The letters are those of a principled statesman.

Is he a principled conservative or a pragmatic deal-maker?

That was a tactical response, not a principled position.

But this was never about a principled policy change.

Does that suggest a principled pragmatism?