Sentence examples for upon principle from inspiring English sources

"Sometimes in this world, it is important to have a world leader stand up on principle and defend policy based upon principle, not trying to figure out politics".

Within a day, King was released, and he told reporters that Senator Kennedy deserved full credit: "For him to be that courageous shows that he is really acting upon principle and not expediency".

"And so we should look for agreed-upon principles to guide practice".

Her action sends a shock wave through the family, enraging her mother and throwing what had seemed to be agreed-upon principles into doubt.

Building a life and a community upon principles that ignore such realities is doomed to fail.

"It's a game of reactions, speed and quick planning based upon principles of fairness – or of the protagonist overwhelming the odds.

"The IAA stresses that the decision [to shut Alarab] has no impact upon principles of media freedom and is strictly based on the government's commitment to ensuring the diversity and impartiality of media outlets in the kingdom," it said.

The design and biomechanics of RTSA is based upon principles put forth by Grammont.

These models are based upon principles of mean-square error minimization, conditional expectations and stochastic estimation.

Drawing upon principles of apoptotic clearance, convenient delivery vehicles including intrinsic anti-inflammatory characteristics and specificity to immune cells can be engineered to aid in drug delivery.

2. Is the appeal based upon principles that have stood the test of time?