Sentence examples for principle matters from inspiring English sources

"Don, the reason that principle matters sadly was illustrated by the first questions today**,"** Cruz told Trump, referring to Scalia's death.

Your defending yourself is not necessary when a disagreement is a "misunderstanding" based on details and personalities -- not on principle matters.

Do such things – issues of supposed principle – matter if … well, if it's just Ukip?

"Mexico is a country where doctrine and principle matter more than practical considerations and results," says Enrique Krauze, a historian.

This was owing, in part, to a sense, widely held by many conservatives, that McCain was really the standard-bearer for the one-man Maverick Party, which made him an unreliable ally in such first-principle matters as gay marriage and judicial appointments.

That's fine for those for whom belief in socialist principles matters more than anything else, just as it was for the communists.

"Principles matter," Mr. Long said.

It is whether you think right-wing economic principles matter more than real human beings.

This is important, because rules are not the same as principles, and from an ethical point of view, principles matter more.

According to Jeffrey Segal and Harold Spaeth, political scientists who study the Court, judicial "attitudes", not the subtleties of legal principles, matter most in the justices' decisions.

He asserted that his second-place finish "demonstrates that ideas matter, principles matter -- and if you have a strong conservative message, you can get broad-based support within the conservative party".