Chairman Martin really seems to think that he's taking a principled stand right now.
Catholic institutions are making a principled stand for what they see as the sanctity of life.
An individual makes a principled stand against this corrupt system at his own political, social and economic risk.
The real moral crusade would be to take a principled stand against injustice.
Its principled stand, meanwhile, has already been forgotten, and it has gotten next to no support from any other foreign companies.
Mr Gephardt, meanwhile, did not hesitate to present his resistance to fast track as a principled stand against globalisation and all its works.
This time, however, Mr Neumann's principled stand did not bring victory.
His principled stand lost him nearly half his assets under management due to client defections, but those that stuck with him did well in the bear market that followed.
Belatedly, Mr Blair seems to acknowledge that he should be seen to make a principled stand over the treatment of these men, but he sounds too much like a timid supplicant.
Remember, this is the man who has taken a principled stand against Democrats taking corporate money via super PACs, even thought it is now legal, simply because he thinks it is wrong.
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While many senators in his party have held up nominations for petty political reasons, Paul held up John Brennan's nomination over a principled stand that attracted attention from both progressives and conservatives.
Mr Sharif's principled stand on these issues for so it is considered, despite the disregard he showed for the rule of law during his own two riotous spells in power has boosted his ratings.
If he is rejected, the message to future public servants will be clear -- never rock the boat, always go along with the majority, never stake out an independent position, never take a principled stand and above all, never annoy a powerful enemy.
You could start by taking a principled stand against ObamaCare, by opposing the operation of the CFSB as a rogue agency not answerable to the Congress, and by objecting publically to the systematic refusal of President Obama to comply with the law by not submitting his nominees to the Senate for confirmation.
Taking a vigilant, principled stand against new regulation alone is of such great importance that no one not even a libertarian crusader and his Senator son should be expected to dilute this mission by riding off in the other direction, toward a reform of current regulations that were present at the creation of the telecom world we live in.
If they made a more principled and consistent stand against intolerance regardless of its source, it might improve understanding for their concerns and help better present their case.
Google has taken a principled and somewhat lonely stand in favor of open video standards, with most other technology companies pushing for the proprietary H.264 standard, which would enrich patent holders but harm open source software.
The Republican leadership has taken, so far, a no new taxes stand that is principled and practical.
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King defended his stand on Katrina as a principled vote that is easier to support if you understood where the money was being spent.
Ms Livni's stand is similarly expedient as well as principled.
And, finally, this: That the most "progressive" administration in recent U.S. history will make no principled defense of free speech to a Muslim world that could stand hearing such a defense.
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