Sentence examples for principle yet from inspiring English sources

It is a simple, even naïve-sounding principle, yet an entire majestic tradition rests upon it.

They are fierce deficit hawks in principle, yet when specific cuts to Medicare, a health insurance program for the elderly, or Social Security, a retirement fund, are raised, they turn into pacifists.

The leaders also endorsed — in principle — yet more stringent rules for banks that are so large or so interconnected they could wreak massive collateral damage if they get into trouble.

"There is a deep contradiction in the attitudes of a society which celebrates equality in principle yet treats some people, especially the poor and vulnerable, as unwanted, unvalued and unnoticed," the bishops write.

The film portrays Thatcher, accurately in my experience, as driven by what Shirley Letwin diagnosed as the "vigorous virtues" (fortitude, courage, principle) yet capable of normal human emotion – love for Denis and, with maternal blindness for her son.

Moreover, this was a period in which banks and the global economy were awash with money, and borrowing costs for banks and companies were low .Clean in principle"Yet a second sort of LIBOR-rigging has also emerged in the Barclays settlement.

"Although some multilateral financial institutions have improved, I don't think a single institution can say they're adhering to these principles yet".

(The first was on Thailand; the second on the Middle East .The Netherlands' very identity is rooted in liberal Enlightenment principles, yet for years, conflicts between laws mandating freedom of expression and laws mandating religious tolerance have had it tied up in knots.

Iranian law also recognises these principles, yet despite the fact that no court has found her guilty, Hoodfar is being treated like a criminal and denied her basic, God-given rights.

(The song playing, Snap's "The Power", encouraged people to jump up and down at a tempo that matched a resonant frequency of the building). There may well remain other principles yet to be discovered as we make everything bigger and longer.

This judgment must be responsible to moral principles yet cannot be straightforwardly derived from them.