"It's killing the cherished American principle of a competitive market."
You can become indignant and say that it's a violation of American democratic principles.
I think that's the American principle and, if it's not, it should be.
The guy with the dogs won't talk to me because of his American principles.
In effect, the American democratic principle was to spread on its own, self-evident merits.
They looked to American democratic principles in building their own free societies.
At best, ground zero has lost the ability to stand for freedom of speech, that most American principle.
The critics do not accept the American principle that you can defend someone's legal rights without agreeing with him.
Historic American principle says no; local and state authorities are responsible for the welfare of their communities.
It is a system alien to American principles and defective in practice.