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Great Principle Quotes: Justice, Logic, and Belief

Quotes on foundational principles

These great principle quotes each describe a kind of Foundation, for diplomacy, for competition, or for computing itself.

They enlarged the domains of commerce by treaties with all nations, upon the great principle of equal justice to all nations, and special favors to none.

Quotes by Robert Toombs

Once you have a computer that can do a few things - strictly speaking, one that has a certain 'sufficient set' of basic procedures - it can do basically anything any other computer can do. This, loosely, is the basis...

Quotes by Richard P. Feynman

The great principle of Western society is that competition rules here as it rules in everything else. The best man - that is to say, the strongest and cleverest - is likely to get the best woman, in the sense...

Quotes by Lafcadio Hearn

God, great principle of all minor principles, God, who is Himself without a principle, could not conceive Himself, if, in order to do it, He required to know His own principle.

Quotes by Giacomo Casanova

Belief Quotes

The one great principle of English law is to make business for itself.

Charles Dickens

A war for a great principle ennobles a nation.

Quotes by Albert Pike

Frequently Asked Questions

What diplomatic principle does one quote describe?
It credits certain nations with expanding trade through treaties built on the great principle of equal justice for all nations, with no special favors granted to any one of them.
How does one quote connect computing to a great principle?
It argues that once a computer has a sufficient set of basic procedures, it can, in principle, do anything any other computer can do, framing this as a foundational idea in computing theory.
What controversial claim does one quote make about competition in society?
It states that Western society runs on the great principle of competition, arguing the strongest and cleverest tend to succeed. This is presented strictly as that speaker's own characterization of society, not an endorsement by this page.
How is God described as a great principle in one quote?
It calls God the great principle behind all minor principles, existing without needing a principle of His own, since requiring one to conceive Himself would be a contradiction, a philosophical, not literal, argument about first causes.
What do these great principle quotes have in common?
Each identifies something treated as foundational, whether it's justice between nations, the logic behind computers, competitive dynamics in society, or the nature of God, tied together by Integrity of reasoning.

One even reaches into philosophy and Belief, calling God the great principle behind every lesser principle.