p, 125
The Owner-Built Homestead (1977)
“I am a man of fixed and unbending principles, the first of which is to be flexible at all times.”
Everett Dirksen (1896–1969) United States Army officer
As quoted in Caught Between the Dog and the Fireplug, or, How to Survive Public Service (2001) by Kenneth H. Ashworth, p. 11
James Nicoll (1961) Canadian fiction reviewer
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2000s
“The first principle of child-rearing is to choose a good mother.”
Christian Morgenstern (1871–1914) German author
Morihei Ueshiba (1883–1969) founder of aikido
The Art of Peace (1992)
Context: Techniques employ four qualities that reflect the nature of our world. Depending on the circumstance, you should be: hard as a diamond, flexible as a willow, smooth-flowing like water, or as empty as space.
“To have good sense, is the first principle and fountain of writing well.”
Scribendi recte sapere est et principium et fons.
Source: Ars Poetica, or The Epistle to the Pisones (c. 18 BC), Line 309
Walter Reuther (1907–1970) Labor union leader
Address before the Berlin Freedom Rally, West Berlin, Germany, May 1, 1959, as quoted in Walter P Reuther: Selected Papers (1961), by Henry M. Christman, p. 280
1950s, Address before the Berlin Freedom Rally (1959)
“Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home.”
William Ewart Gladstone (1809–1898) British Liberal politician and prime minister of the United Kingdom
Speech in West Calder, Scotland (27 November 1879), quoted in W. E. Gladstone, Midlothian Speeches 1879 (Leicester University Press, 1971), p. 115.
1870s
Context: Here is my first principle of foreign policy: good government at home. My second principle of foreign policy is this—that its aim ought to be to preserve to the nations of the world—and especially, were it but for shame, when we recollect the sacred name we bear as Christians, especially to the Christian nations of the world—the blessings of peace. That is my second principle.
Warren Farrell (1943) author, spokesperson, expert witness, political candidate
Source: Why Men Earn More (2005), p. 111-12.
