Sentence examples for putting principle from inspiring English sources

Now he is being accused of putting principle before probity.

Second, they should have made a sacrifice by putting principle above personal advancement.

"He is putting principle above politics, which is very courageous," Mr. Kyl said.

It may be an abandonment of free-market principles, but no one has ever accused the Street of putting principle above profit.

It would seem, they argue, that we are ignoring human nature, putting principle above the lives involved and creating an unproductive antagonism between the system and some victims.

He's the conviction politician who once lost his job for putting principle before power, who said he would never lead a party not as committed to dealing with climate change as he was.

The Socialist Party accuses Mr Sarkozy of shamelessly trying to seduce the far-right vote, thereby putting principles of generosity and tolerance in peril.

But he added: "They have to then decide whether they are serious about putting principles into power... or if they joined up to a social protest movement".

Putting Principles First The newest, and the most distinctly different cooperative effort in the area, is Collaborative Concepts, which is focusing its efforts primarily in Putnam and Dutchess Counties.

That race, which ended in Mr. Santorum's landslide defeat, nonetheless helped him establish a persona — passionate and polarizing on issues of family and morality, hawkish on terrorism and Israel, eager to cast himself as putting principles ahead of politics.

For this is one (rare) instance where Mr Clinton has put principle above the politically expedient.