It is a matter of principle for me and something that responds to the public mood.
Republicans say that manual counts are inherently subjective and inaccurate and are against them as a matter of principle.
Unionists denied this, insisting their defence of the Union flag was a matter of principle.
And in real life, many middle-class voters feel the same way as a matter of principle.
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Canadian fisheries minister Gail Shea told reporters on Friday that Canada's fight was "a matter of principle".
Or Swartz, an unabashed idealist committed to Internet freedom, may have suicided as a matter of principle.
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Millions of small borrowers mobilised into debtors' associations and refused to pay as a matter of principle.
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For many in society, profit and education are viewed as diabolical opposites, presumably as a matter of principle.
For most papers this is a simple matter of principle - Parliament has no role in the press.
No one could remember a secretary of state, the highest post in the cabinet, resigning on a matter of principle.
Before and after, it has been a matter of principle (sort of).
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The sum concerned is small, but it is a matter of principle.
As a matter of principle, they should not accept the use by developed countries of trade sanctions to tackle labor and environmental issues.
He added that the issue was a "matter of principle" and that it was therefore "wholly wrong" for the government to introduce a three-line whip.
"It's a matter of principle for the Police Federation, " he added.
For Madison and the Framers, it was a matter of principle that government was meant to protect persons and property not to redistribute income and wealth.
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"The executive ... confirmed that, as a matter of principle, only one association will be entitled to host a Fifa World Cup, " the global body said in a statement.
This just a matter of principle, because I have had no chance to make myself heard and such a legal action I will never find a job as a graduate engineer.
Eric Sim, the club's secretary said it was a matter of principle, rather than the amount involved, though there was concern that the sum could rise over the next few years.
Some Republicans will glory in sticking to their principles and know the folks back home may agree with them - the rich should have tax cuts too, that it is a matter of principle.
In a democracy, however unwise as a matter of principle it may be to do so, government can implement some workable answers to such vast questions when they comport very closely and deeply with popular opinion.
I'm wondering whether as a matter of principle, you think that the courts, the Congress, or the American people need to bless or endorse this policy, or what will they have in judging the policy and letting it go forward?
But such firms still do not want to concede ground on what they see as a matter of scientific principle.
It is a matter of constitutional principle that the chancellor does not act without an unambiguous request from a member to relinquish his or her seat.
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Mr. Obama endorsed the political ruse he calls the Buffett rule, which asserts as a matter of moral principle that millionaires should not pay a lower tax rate than middle-class wage earners.
If, the argument goes on, you take concern for everyone's liberty seriously, you will treat the proper scale of government as a matter of circumstance, not principle.
While Jackson and his successors framed economic policy as a matter of limited-government principle, Howe argues that the practical difference was that the Whigs sought to create a coherent national transportation system, while Jackson preferred to dole out projects on an ad-hoc basis to individual states.
With this and with many another battle Hurwitz has made lasting enemies of federal, state and municipal officials, environmentalists and creditors--all of whom are in a position to get in his way, whatever the principle of the matter.
Those figures are static or in some countries worsening: given the demography (Romani families are usually large), improving schooling is a matter of urgent European self-interest as well as of principle.
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