Principle
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1862 examples of Principle in a sentence
Last year, I began to fear that Museveni had become yet another African dictator, more concerned with power than
principle.
The explosion of reserves has not fueled inflation yet, and the large volume of reserves could in
principle
be reversed later.
In Germany, many consider the EFSF a breach of the fundamental
principle
that EU governments cannot be bailed-out by their partners.
Based on the sole
principle
of scientific excellence, it has put an evaluation system into place that enjoys high credibility in the scientific community.
In principle, the Taiwan issue need not lead to conflict.
Indeed, it is here that Russia’s renewed confrontation with the West begins, because the new Europe is based on the
principle
of the inviolability of boundaries, peaceful conflict resolution, and the rule of law, so to forgo this
principle
for the benefit of imperial zones of influence would amount to self-abandonment.
I and many others hailed the agreement to intervene in Libya as the coming of age of the responsibility to protect (“R2P”) principle, unanimously embraced by the world’s governments in 2005.
If business conditions are auspicious and there is a strong consensus in favor of liberal capitalism as the polity’s core economic principle, financial markets can develop and reluctantly absorb risks stemming from the legal system’s defects.
To present Juncker’s candidacy as a matter of high political principle, with Cameron heroically but unsuccessfully standing alone against the dark forces of federalism and centralization, could have only reinforced English feelings of alienation from Europe.
The
principle
underlying the Golden Shield is that “as virtue rises one foot, vice rises ten.”
In principle, a web of bilateral transfer arrangements could achieve such an unblocking of trade.
Indeed, the
principle
of subsidiarity – whereby decision-making should occur at the most local level possible – is crucial to flexible, functioning global governance.
Amid heated debates over whether monetary policy is too tight or too loose, a more grounded approach based on the “do no harm”
principle
has received little attention.
Representative government, and its logical outgrowth, the democratic principle, became part of the classic model of good debt management.
Adherence to the
principle
of non-default produced the French Revolution, the lesson being that political systems will collapse if they take on too much debt and try to pay at any cost.
The solution must be based on a simple humane principle: No child should be denied opportunity simply because adults are unable to work together.
This is the proposal advanced by French President Emmanuel Macron and supported in
principle
by Merkel.
Even so, the
principle
is surely right: universities must be set free.
But if we must have laws to bolster our ethics, their guiding
principle
should be that remuneration is always linked to the performance and services it is intended to compensate.
Earlier this month, Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and I reached agreement in
principle
on a Japan-Australia EPA.
It was based on the bogus "precautionary
principle"
which dictates that every new technology--including, in the case of GM, an improvement over less precise technologies--must be proven utterly safe before it can be used.
An ounce of prevention is certainly desirable, but because nothing can be proved totally safe--at least, not to the standard demanded by many regulators--the precautionary
principle
has become a self-defeating impediment to the development of new products.
Rather than creating a uniform, predictable, and scientifically sound framework for effectively managing legitimate risks, the bio-safety protocol establishes an ill-defined global regulatory process that permits overly risk-averse, incompetent, or corrupt regulators to hide behind the precautionary
principle
in delaying or deferring approvals.
Overly burdensome Codex standards for GM foods are ominous not only because of their direct effects on research and development, but also because members of the World Trade Organization will, in principle, be required to follow them.
Indeed, incorporating this
principle
into both fields could result in new diagnostic capabilities and new forms of individualized treatment, with a different therapy designed for each person.
Skeptics doubt the credibility of this policy, which in
principle
obliges the US to sacrifice New York in response to an attack on Warsaw, or endanger Los Angeles to defend Taipei.
American liberals and conservatives, as well as US friends and allies, all favor the
principle
of enhancing the security of dangerous nuclear materials and reducing the risk of nuclear terrorism, which could plausibly threaten anyone.
Indeed, the fundamental
principle
of democracies and civilized states is at issue in Chechnya: civilians’ right to life, including the protection of innocents, widows, and orphans.
The
principle
is exactly the same when the holders of the national debt are foreigners (as with Greece), though the political opposition to repayment will be much greater.
In January 1994, Nato's leaders accepted in
principle
that the alliance should not be a closed shop.
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