question of principle

However, I would like to ask your attention for a question of principle.

This is what you are calling the question of principle.

However, we must not make concessions on questions of principle for anyone.

It was therefore in part a question of principle which led to my decision to vote against the report.

"This is a question of principle," said a senior Administration official.

Let us be content with the way in which these questions of principle have been settled.

The specific figures we have proposed are not a question of principle.

It is a question of principle: Members must be paid by the people that they represent.

"I regard this as a question of principle," he said.

You gave consideration to important questions of principle in your programme.

This is not a matter of going back on a question of principle.

This is a question of principle, which must be settled outside the agricultural regulations.

It is a question of principles, and we would like to call upon our colleagues to set aside national party political considerations.

I'm not bowing to it, though - it's just a question of principle with me.

The third question of principle is: how strong is Europe becoming?

"It's a pity, but this is a question of principle," she said.

It is, as the Portuguese prime minister says, "a question of principles and values".

This raises a question of principles - what sort of Europe do we want?

However, I would ask some questions of principle.

Invoking artistic freedom, he told the court, "It's a question of principle."

I would come back, however, to questions of principle, which I believe we should examine thoroughly.

For us, this is a question of principle and we cannot abandon this demand.

This is not, however, a question of principles.

I believe there are circumstances when the question of principles and institutional regulations is obliterated.

First a question of principle must be clarified.