The phrase "stubborn principles" is a correct and usable expression in written English
It implies that someone is holding onto a certain set of beliefs or values, even in the face of opposition or other influences. For example, "She refused to compromise her stubborn principles, even when everyone else was trying to persuade her to do something different."
Because of his stubborn principles he considered Lasker as a coffeehouse player who won his games only thanks to dubious tricks, while Lasker mocked the arrogance of Tarrasch who, in his opinion, shone more in salons than at the chessboard.
Moreover, although their rebel stances were often no more than posturing, from The Clash's stubborn principles came a fundamental change in the perception of what is possible in the music industry, from subject matter to authenticity to quality control to price ceilings".
She remained a woman of stubborn principle, speaking out on behalf of refugees.
Furious and feeling he has betrayed their personal vow, Sheila won't budge from her decision (mostly taken out of stubborn principle) to enroll Eileen in a Protestant school.
Welcome as this is, Bayern will perhaps hope their manager spends part of the summer pondering his defensive repertoire for an occasion such as this, where the refusal to crouch behind the guard a little can become a point of stubborn principle.
On what seemed like a dash through the governor's office from 1975 to 1982, Mr. Carey turned out to be the hero of a bankrupt city, a champion of the mentally ill and a man of independent and stubborn principle, which included regularly vetoing a popular death-penalty bill.
The means, he hastens to point out, were a decidedly mixed bag of motives and techniques that embraced "daring, cunning, bullying, bluff and bluster, treachery, robbery, quick talk, double talk, noble principles, stubborn resolve, low-down expediency, cash on the barrelhead, and, when deemed necessary, spilled blood".
But the flare-up brought to light the differing styles of Mr. Bloomberg and Mr. Cuomo — the mayor's stubborn defense of principle, and the governor's fondness for pragmatism at all costs — and the complications that can result.
It arose out of a similar stubborn hewing to principle.
Many had shown a stubborn courage which kept their principles intact through years of prison, police beatings and suffocating surveillance.
Usually you can get your way simply by being stubborn and standing by your principles and ideas.
