out of principle

She was probably the first woman in America to do so out of principle.

He had gone into politics out of principle, to do something right, to make the country and ultimately the world a better place.

"I refused out of principle and the family went without me," he says.

Had he really decided to act out of principle?

She would never teach in the private sector – not out of principle, but "because I like a challenge too much".

I wouldn't use the miners' welfare club out of principle.

Then the good guys, the majority, asked me to stay on, out of principle, but that's when I got the idea to write a book."

He keeps changing his position, not out of principle but to achieve political advantage.

He does not practice self-denial out of principle, but by necessity.

And no one does anyone any good rewarding mediocrity out of principle.

He wanted a cigarette, and denied himself that small weakness out of principle.

He felt he had to reject it out of principle.

"Can one really consider that Syria is acting out of principle?

Some will always say "No" out of principle, while others are torn by the snap decision it requires.

"Kind of out of principle, I wanted a day to think about it," he said.

Greenberg sued Anthem more out of principle than for the money.

But he kept posting on the page out of principle, he said.

Eventually, Moose resigned, asserting he did so out of principle.

They couldn't accept the fact that correctly or incorrectly it was something I did out of principle.

Not out of principle, but simply because the woman seemed to have a good nose for detecting which way the wind was starting to blow.

Some lawmakers voted out of principled opposition to the death penalty.

I had some great times but out of principle I could not keep going.”

I am now writing this out of principle and as an advisory that you are only human too, in case you sometimes forget!

He will not say except to note that even those who may be wealthy corporate donors have contributed to the center out of principle.

Out of principle, I would ask for itemize bills.