Sentence examples for firm principle from inspiring English sources

But I want this to be a firm principle.

And we'll do that by sticking to one firm principle: making the economy work for the environment.

Second, the new Taiwanese government should maintain a firm principle of self-sovereignty, yet adopt a low-key approach in negotiating with China.

It stars the New Wave icon Michel Piccoli (from Godard's "Contempt") as an elderly actor of mighty talent and firm principle who — confronting personal tragedy, flagging strength, and rebarbative new working conditions — decides, Candide-style, to cultivate his own garden.

Tibor was a man of great courage and ability, firm principle, and mordant humor (he called himself an "alumnus" of Auschwitz — one of the many camps he had survived).

Rather than hoping that barely adequate voluntary reforms at scandal-hit companies will start a trend, how about a federal law of incorporation which establishes a firm principle that outsiders must be given a fair shot at company boards?

I don't have any firm principles when it comes to writing stories.

Out of these dense woodlands and this stony soil sprang hardy folk of firm principles.

But we're very determined, and have a conviction grounded in firm principles and sound economics.

He is pre-emenintly the Tudor politician who embodies sticking to firm principles, upholding moral authority and obeying the dictates of conscience.

I recognise that to get things done some compromise is inevitable but I have very firm principles and I have no intention of dropping them".