Ashcroft is considered a man of principle, admired for his deep moral and conservative convictions.
He is a man of principle, but his principles are neither unwavering nor always coherent.
Mr Lee, a former supreme court justice, is presenting himself as a man of principle and integrity.
If the markets turn on Belgium, will the Flemish bourgeoisie see Mr De Wever as a man of principle or a chancer?
After two terms as governor, Reagan had matured into what Buckley considered a nearly ideal conservative politician: a shrewd leader as well as a man of principle.
"He seemed to have a positive aversion to principle, even a conviction that a man of principle was doomed to be a figure of fun, " Margaret Thatcher once said of Mr. Andreotti.
He is the man of unbending principle, not a venal office-seeker.
When has a man so dessicated of principle last convinced so many that he is the servant of their ideals?
In some quarters Secretary Mabus will be viewed as a man of courage and principle for moving to end the pricey program.
Tony Snow was a man of substance, principle, integrity and good humor.
But it hardly makes him look like a man of courage and high principle.
Quite apart from the political embarrassment of acting against a man who seems motivated by principle, there is also the question of the NSABB's reversal of view.
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We stood on principle of one-man, one-vote and that we believe every vote should be counted.
Amanpour noted that Mandela had once called de Klerk "a man of integrity" but had taken it back, regretting that de Klerk had never renounced the principle of apartheid.
Many states also ban convicted felons from voting for life a contradiction of the sound principle that once a man has served his punishment, he can rejoin society.
John McCain, Goldwater's successor both in the Senate and in spirit, remember Goldwater as a unique figure in American history: a politician and military leader who did not fall victim to the power of his position, but a man who stood by his principle and his party.
Senator Malcolm Wallop is an extraordinary public servant, a man whose uncommon integrity, profound love of country and unwavering commitment to principle have long inspired his many friends at the Center for Security Policy.
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Lukas was thoroughbred racing's first organization man, a former Wisconsin high school basketball coach who brought the principle of "flooding the zone" from the court to the race track.
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