party principle
Example Sentences
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But the draft does not specify such, and party leaders here said the issue is too granular to be addressed in what is intended to be a broad statement of party principle.
From Washington Post • Aug. 21, 2012
I have read your platform and its declarations of party principle and find them such as I can heartily approve.
From Time Magazine Archive
They would have been acting on party principle, since the Davis-Bacon Act was a pro-labor measure originally passed under Republican auspices.
From Time Magazine Archive
Caring little for party principle, he made a close alliance with the new business that continually needed new laws,—building laws, transportation laws, terminal rights, or franchises.
From The New Nation by Dodd, William E.
In behalf of justice, as well as to preserve what he still fondly cherished as a vital party principle, he determined by every means in his power to secure a fair election.
From Abraham Lincoln: a History — Volume 01 by Nicolay, John George
