#principal

The principal end both of my father and of myself in the conquest of India... has been the propagation of the holy Catholic faith. ↗

— Ignatius Loyola

#both #catholic #catholic faith #conquest #end

One can decide that the principal role of knowledge is as an indispensable element in the functioning of society, and act in accordance with that decision, only if one has already decided that society is a giant machine. ↗

— Jean-Francois Lyotard

#act #already #decide #decided #decision

I hesitated, too, because for better or worse, I have been one of the principal architects of New Labour and I have worked closely with Tony Blair and the team for nearly 20 years. ↗

— Peter Mandelson

#because #been #better #blair #closely

The federal debt in this country is principally of Republican design. ↗

— Daniel Keys Moran

#debt #design #federal #principally #republican

The 19 hijackers that came over here to commit the attack on Sept. 11, there were those that were at the bottom of the line. There were those who were the principal conspirators. There were those who were the pilot. Everybody has a role. ↗

— Robert Mueller

#bottom #came #commit #conspirators #everybody

The FBI's principal priority right now is protecting the United States against another terrorist attack. ↗

— Robert Mueller

#another #attack #fbi #now #principal

It has not been for nothing that the word has remained man's principal toy and tool: without the meanings and values it sustains, all man's other tools would be worthless. ↗

— Lewis Mumford

#man #meanings #nothing #other #principal

Misery, mutilation, destruction, terror, starvation and death characterize the process of war and form a principal part of the product. ↗

— Louis Mumford

#death #destruction #form #misery #mutilation

I was not the kind of a principal player that was so in demand that eight or 10 or 12 scripts came per month. ↗

— Sidney Poitier

#demand #eight #i #kind #month

The principal rule of art is to please and to move. All the other rules were created to achieve this first one. ↗

— Jean Racine

#art #created #first #move #other