It is a matter of principle for me and something that responds to the public mood.
Republicans say that manual counts are inherently subjective and inaccurate and are against them as a matter of principle.
Unionists denied this, insisting their defence of the Union flag was a matter of principle.
And in real life, many middle-class voters feel the same way as a matter of principle.
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Canadian fisheries minister Gail Shea told reporters on Friday that Canada's fight was "a matter of principle".
Or Swartz, an unabashed idealist committed to Internet freedom, may have suicided as a matter of principle.
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Millions of small borrowers mobilised into debtors' associations and refused to pay as a matter of principle.
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For many in society, profit and education are viewed as diabolical opposites, presumably as a matter of principle.
For most papers this is a simple matter of principle - Parliament has no role in the press.
No one could remember a secretary of state, the highest post in the cabinet, resigning on a matter of principle.
Before and after, it has been a matter of principle (sort of).
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The sum concerned is small, but it is a matter of principle.
As a matter of principle, they should not accept the use by developed countries of trade sanctions to tackle labor and environmental issues.
This seemed to concede China's point, that the meeting was not a matter of principle, but just one diplomatic bargaining chip among many.
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He added that the issue was a "matter of principle" and that it was therefore "wholly wrong" for the government to introduce a three-line whip.
"It's a matter of principle for the Police Federation, " he added.
And I'm wondering, just as a matter of principle and character, whether President Obama stands by that position, that he thinks Governor Romney is dishonest.
For Madison and the Framers, it was a matter of principle that government was meant to protect persons and property not to redistribute income and wealth.
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"The executive ... confirmed that, as a matter of principle, only one association will be entitled to host a Fifa World Cup, " the global body said in a statement.
Much more comfortable than many Russians at the high levels of the foreign policy and defense bureaucracies who really do dislike and distrust the West as a matter of principle.
As a matter of principle, they chose not to join the Beijing-anointed provisional legislature that will replace the Legislative Council when the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region (SAR) is inaugurated.
Working on the assumption that Arab objections to Zionism are not a matter of principle, Western statesmen have, over many years, tried to buy off these objections through territorial concessions.
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This just a matter of principle, because I have had no chance to make myself heard and such a legal action I will never find a job as a graduate engineer.
Eric Sim, the club's secretary said it was a matter of principle, rather than the amount involved, though there was concern that the sum could rise over the next few years.
As a matter of principle, the SC can only interpret the Basic Law and reverse the CFA's interpretation if it is inconsistent with the true legislative intent, not as a matter of expediency.
"Labor will end the Pacific Solution, the processing and detaining of asylum seekers on Pacific islands, because it is costly, unsustainable and wrong as a matter of principle, " she insisted at the time.
Some Republicans will glory in sticking to their principles and know the folks back home may agree with them - the rich should have tax cuts too, that it is a matter of principle.
In a democracy, however unwise as a matter of principle it may be to do so, government can implement some workable answers to such vast questions when they comport very closely and deeply with popular opinion.
It could even be the case that a future Russian republic-dominated Soviet Union would determine that the Soviets took the islands illegally in the first place, and return them to Japan, as a matter of principle, free of charge.
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