This to me is payback for our principled positions.

The leaders of France and Germany have a principled position.

"It's a principled position to say that the people of South Carolina need to solve the issue."

"The issue now is how we move from that principled position to the reality."

For those who see reason as providing the sole path to truth, this is a principled and honest position.

If you listen carefully these days, you can hear the sound of Democrats taking principled positions on national issues.

He also said he could not understand why he was criticized for taking a principled position.

Realism can be a principled position provided it is grounded in a compelling conception of the national interest, he said.

I think this is clearly a principled position.

These set out a principled position on a number of crucial issues in a clear and determined manner.