Sentence examples for devotion to principles from inspiring English sources
Mr. Haas is the scion of a proud San Francisco clan that for five generations has owned and managed Levi with an unconventional devotion to principles as well as profits.
The emergence of "Tea partying" sitting Republicans in Republican primaries is one example of the devotion to principles.
It's fair to say that, in politics, no one surpasses conservatives in their professed devotion to "principles," lauding heroes like Ronald Reagan as champions of conservative values.
His devotion to principle was often seen by others, not always incorrectly, as a form of political inactivity and obstinacy.
He said that in the Gulf War we had all "regained confidence in America's special decency, courage, compassion, and devotion to principle".
His devotion to principle and his unstinting opposition to Tammany Hall soon earned him a national reputation particularly among Americans disgusted with the frequent scandals of Gilded Age politics.
Both films are rooted in a fanatical quest for justice born not of an abstract devotion to principle but of a personal agony that sparks anger and cruelty and leads to gore and mayhem.
Noting their agreement on those crucial baseball issues, Costas said that if he shows such "steadfast devotion to principle in the face of opposition on larger issues facing the presidency, they're going to have to make room on Mount Rushmore".
As Eric Foner, a historian at Columbia University, explained, Lee was held up as someone the entire nation could look back on with pride, an embodiment of the nobility of the South, courage against great odds and devotion to principle.
A true democracy, John F. Kennedy wrote in "Profiles in Courage," has faith that its elected representatives "will exercise their conscientious judgment -- faith that the people will not condemn those whose devotion to principle leads them to unpopular courses, but will reward courage, respect honor and ultimately recognize right".
