principles

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Collectively, they are attacks on basic principles and norms of democracy, civility, decency, equality, fairness, and dignity that American civic life nominally rests on.

From Salon • May 26, 2026

Once again, as he has done since he took over, Tuchel has iron conviction in his principles and has stuck to them firmly.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

He called upon the assembly “to affirm and reestablish those old theories and principles which time and the unerring logic of events have demonstrated to be sound.”

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

Romero explains how the Supreme Court is essentially treating Callais “as a stand-in for principles that the justices either did not discuss in that case or flat-out claimed to reject.”

From Slate • May 21, 2026

He had a simple, buoying faith that if you stuck to your principles, things would work out.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama