“Principles are the territory. Values are maps. When we value correct principles, we have truth -- a knowledge of things as they are.”
Stephen R. Covey
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People: Powerful Lessons in Personal Change
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“The first principle of value that we need to rediscover is this: that all reality hinges on moral foundations. In other words, that this is a moral universe, and that there are moral laws of the universe just as abiding as the physical laws. (from "Rediscovering Lost Values")”
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“A people that values its privileges above its principles soon loses both.”
Dwight D. Eisenhower