Indeed, this was the first of many issues for which Thompson put his own principles before those activities that would be either popular or expedient.

I made the decision to put my principles ahead of party and to change parties.

They decided to create an organization that would enable them to put their principles into action.

Jeremy Taylor is someone who can afford to put his principles into practice.

How many political heroes can you name offhand people who put their principles ahead of their lives?

The advertisers agreed to put their self-regulatory principles into effect at once, the commission said.

He must now put his principles aside and attempt to save the church by gambling.

Although he wanted the opportunity to put his principles in practice, Confucius gave up on this idea in the end.

Then they said: We want to put its principles fully into practice.

But both men, unlike Jefferson, were ready to put their principles into practice.