principled

Trump is a jester inside the palace, playing at the role of king, but mocking the very idea of principled leadership in the process.

One thing we’ll see is who in public life is principled and courageous, and who will bend the knee to Trump and degrade themselves?

But one thing seems unlikely to change: his dislike of patient, principled diplomacy as a means to peace and his preference for transactional politics and populist gestures.

He gained a reputation for being principled and ready to debate issues openly, says News 24.

"I can’t sit by and do nothing and so become an accomplice to Russian evil, to its crimes," Dadin explained his decision to sign-up, just as principled and intense as I remembered him.