The black notebooks theorise in explicit fashion the importance of the "racial principle" and, even if in a contorted manner, justify the Third Reich's race laws.
Conkling had a handful of principles (racial tolerance, a touch of feminism) that he fitfully displayed, but his essential politics consisted of personal feuds, especially the one he had with his fellow-senator James G. Blaine, who had once mocked his "turkey-gobbler strut".
In 1976, the court ruled that sex discrimination deserved only slightly less constitutional scrutiny than racial discrimination — a principle that even the E.R.A.'s opponents claimed to accept.
He was commendably hostile to racial prejudice in principle, but unwittingly broke a present-day taboo by picturing Japanese-Americans as fifth-columnists in one of his early wartime cartoons.Mr Nel criticises Seuss's lapses only to excuse him.
The idea of equality is a complicated mess, but most of us agree that when it comes to racial equality the principle requires finding present opportunity in the context of a very unequal past.
Wodtke told Science Daily, "High-ability whites are less likely to report prejudiced attitudes and more likely to say they support racial integration in principle, but they are no more likely than lower-ability whites to support open housing laws and are less likely to support school busing and affirmative action programs".
Dowie envisioned that the city, founded on principles of racial equality, would be run in accordance with Christian ethics.
Scout and her brother, Jem, learn the principles of racial justice and open-mindedness from their father, whose just and compassionate acts include an unpopular defense of a black man falsely accused of raping a white girl.
A highly cultured man known for his intellect and humor, Mr. Wahid has commanded wide respect in Indonesia and abroad, especially for his support of democratic principles and racial and religious tolerance.
Governor Bush's symbolic appeals to outdated Southern resistance have come in the form of his appearance at Bob Jones University and his insistence that flying the Confederate flag over the South Carolina Capitol was a states' rights matter that had nothing to do with deeper principles of racial equality.
