principled

“I took a principled stand,” he said, adding, “You don’t 9/11 your friends.”

Many observers perceive a partisan as well as principled divide on the current court.

Cabinet minister Mairi Gougeon hit back, saying the Scottish government was taking a principled position and that unlike the UK government "when we have principles, we stick to them".

This reflects the new California model: principled resistance and pragmatic governance.

His know-nothing rabble-rousing appalled progressives who otherwise admired him for his principled stands against the Vietnam War and in favor of campaign finance reform.