Sentence examples for winning principles from inspiring English sources

"Whatever the reason for all this, the 2008 election was a validation that progressive principles are winning principles and it's very encouraging to see a turn back toward those principles," says Taylor.

Under "the majority wins" principle, the lexicon of a given language may be skewed in the sheer number of verbs that favor a particular subject role.

It was based on the notion of commitment and "win-win" principles.

The Republican establishment backed George W. Bush early (and lavishly) because this time out, it preferred winning to principle.

This sort of win-win principle, she said, could explain all sorts of symbiotic arrangements, even among different species -- like the tendency of baboons and impalas to associate together because they use each other's warning calls.

So many arguments that could be won on principle are lost on tone.

The Liberal senator Eric Abetz said the reformed package was "a win for principle and common sense".

The Unionist community in Northern Ireland won the principle of consent, which established that it cannot be incorporated in a united Ireland against its will.

"If the Army was supposed to take care of him, why were they trying to discharge him from service the minute he gets out of intensive care?" Mr. Edmundson fought the retirement on principle, winning a temporary reprieve.

In the process Jackson also absorbed the principles of winning basketball from Knicks coach Red Holzman.

When he joined the bipartisan group late last year, after Mitt Romney lost the presidential election in part because he was overwhelmingly rejected by Hispanic voters, Mr. Rubio quickly went on a one-man blitz of conservative news media outlets, explaining his guiding immigration principles and winning plaudits from the likes of Rush Limbaugh and Sean Hannity.