party principle

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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

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

I have read your platform and its declarations of party principle and find them such as I can heartily approve.

From Time Magazine Archive

“It is a party principle, Mr. Ames,” returned the congressman tenaciously.

From Carmen Ariza by Stocking, Charles Francis

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.