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Principle, particularly moral principal, can never be a weathervan

Principle, particularly moral principal, can never be a weathervane, spinning around this way and that with the shifting winds of expediency. Moral principle is a compass forever fixed and forever true. And that is as important in business as it is in the classroom. – Edward R. Lyman

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Almost anything that can be praised or advocated has been put to some disgusting use. There is no principle, however immaculate, that has not had its compromising manipulator. – Percy Wynham Lewis

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Success is the ability to rise above principle. – Gerald Barzan

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Its easy to have principles when youre rich. The important thing is to have principles when youre poor. – Ray Kroc

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