Many are under six-year term limits, making the coming Congress their last chance to take stands that may uphold their principles but could undermine their leaders.
The Gomarists demanded that the government uphold their principles because the Reformed Church was the only true church, but they reserved for themselves the right to declare what the correct doctrines were; and they vigorously asserted that other religious groups, Catholic, Protestant, and Jewish alike, should be suppressed or at least penalized and restricted.
If we are to pass health care in the Senate, and then again in both chambers, people of faith and good will on both sides will most likely have to agree to compromises, and do the best they can to uphold their principles in health care reform; or they will just cast their votes.
I would guess that no journalist or pundit working in DC today - not Cohen, not Joe Klein, not David Broder - believes they are doing anything other than upholding their professional principles and serving the nation.
There's a fundamental conflict between anonymity and control of public speech, and the countries that don't value anonymous speech domestically are still free to weaponize it internationally, whereas the countries that do value anonymous speech must make it available to all, [or] else fail to uphold their own principle.
But to echo Roberto's point, even as they broke with this taboo, the group upheld the principles of their civilization.
Muslim Peace Coalition is composed of Muslim Americans in 15 states who are committed to the principle of standing up and speaking for justice (Quran 4 135) not only because of their desire to uphold the principles of their faith, but also out of deep concern and commitment to our country.
They have to uphold the principles their new members brought with them: vowing not to privatise the NHS, to end Trident, to find alternatives to austerity.
Mrs Thatcher upheld her principles and David Cameron should do the same.
But he argued that government lawyers must uphold the principles of their great institutions.
