Sentence examples for of higher principles from inspiring English sources

Others have more to say about the circumstances in which the law can be transcended in the light of higher principles.

As if on cue, the High Sparrow shows up, his gray hair unkempt, politely reminding these two glum guys of higher principles and their effects: why the king's wife must remain behind bars, why a corpse wears eyeball stones.

(See National Bar Association Code of Professional Standards, 82.3.a, which forbids "any consideration of higher principles when it might interfere with the interests of the client or the generation of publicity and billable hours").

One important task of society, particularly of parents, is to turn babies into civilized beings — social creatures who can experience empathy, guilt and shame; who can override selfish impulses in the name of higher principles; and who will respond with outrage to unfairness and injustice.

He put his life on the line repeatedly in defense of higher principles -- the struggle against Nazism and the defense of his beloved homeland, Poland.

He put his life on the line repeatedly in defense of higher principles -- the struggle against Nazism and the defense of his homeland, Poland.

He was a man of high principles and high standards whose integrity and values defined him.

For fans of high principles and impassioned debates, this wasn't very satisfying.

Mr. Helms's admirers have long equated his obstructionist conduct with the defense of high principles.

In a statement released by her office on Wednesday, Lady Thatcher praised Mr. Foot as "a great parliamentarian and a man of high principles".

Baroness Thatcher, who won the biggest of her three majorities – 144 seats – against Mr Foot at the 1983 general election, said: "He was a great Parliamentarian and a man of high principles".