| 单词 | unprincipled |
| 例句 | The firm shunned those who came seeking a defense of indefensible behavior, which was common enough in the unprincipled corridors of the financial district. Big Science 2015-07-07T00:00:00Z And it was for moral reasons and sporting interest that she left her school and her home to compete with a man whose fame as a great, unprincipled eater had spread throughout the country. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z Giacinta was unprincipled and violent: I tired of her in three months. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Although not illegal, indulging in the so-called grandmaster draw—in which neither player strives to win but, rather, halves the point after a few inconsequential moves have been made—bordered on unprincipled behavior. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z He considered military men unprincipled loafers, ambitious plotters, experts in facing down civilians in order to prosper during times of disorder. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z This was the decision that caused Hamilton to repeat his earlier characterizations of Burr as the unprincipled American Catiline, which in turn generated the newspaper reports containing the offensive word “despicable.” Founding Brothers: The Revolutionary Generation 2000-10-17T00:00:00Z It cannot be unknown to you, Sir, that our intentions have been vilified, and our characters traduced by the unprincipled scribes, of a venal and corrupt press. Women's role at Peterloo revisited in Manchester anniversary walk 2012-08-15T09:33:47Z She is cunning, devious and almost entirely unprincipled. Review: A Hectic ‘Vanity Fair,’ Starring That Nasty Woman 2017-04-03T04:00:00Z Levi, also a survivor of Auschwitz, condemned Menachem Begin’s war in Lebanon as “success achieved with an unprincipled use of arms.” Postscript: Elie Wiesel, 1928—2016 2016-07-04T04:00:00Z “George Washington was particularly concerned about unprincipled men finding their way into the White House,” she told her fellow Judiciary Committee members during a debate in December. Val Demings has an American dream. The impeachment trial is testing it. 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z In other words, perhaps the incoming president of the United States is a great big liar, a conscienceless opportunist and an unprincipled, amoral, convictionless fraud. A three-pronged plan to make peace with a Trump presidency 2016-12-27T05:00:00Z Maybe that’s a good sign that Zach Grenier will manage to take some time off from “Man and Boy” at the Roundabout Theater to film some scenes as the amusingly unprincipled Lee. ArtsBeat Blog: 'Good Wife' Watch: Will's Inner Rat 2011-10-17T05:00:08Z “He was intended to reflect a particular kind of privileged, self-seeking, self-interested, ambitious, untrustworthy, unprincipled politician,” said Herron, who attended Oxford University’s Balliol College at the same time as the current prime minister. Writer Mick Herron’s ‘Slow Horses’ are spies for our times 2021-02-08T05:00:00Z “It is an unprincipled attempt to lay claim to a successful film he didn’t create, and we will vigorously defend against it in court.” Zootopia: Total Recall screenwriter alleges Disney stole idea for film 2017-03-22T04:00:00Z And everywhere she and Mikael turn there are more bullying, unprincipled and abusive men. | 'The Girl With the Dragon Tattoo': ?The Girl With Dragon Tattoo? ? Movie Review 2011-12-19T18:19:04Z One friend called him the “greatest of our Artists” and the “most unprincipled of our Citizens” — not what you’d expect of a painter whose name is synonymous with his 100-plus portraits of George Washington. Our country’s first spin doctors: The painters of the American Revolution 2016-10-18T04:00:00Z “One of them is the country of Uncle Sam,” he wrote, “an America, in the words of Herman Melville, ‘intrepid, unprincipled, reckless, predatory, with boundless ambition, civilized in the externals but savage at heart.’ Daniel Aaron, Critic and Historian Who Pioneered American Studies, Dies at 103 2016-05-03T04:00:00Z From a film in which the underrepresented are branded with bar codes emerges a fight not just for freedom but also a struggle for one’s principles amid unprincipled people. Five Action Movies to Stream Now 2022-10-07T04:00:00Z "Resolutely oppose money worship, hedonism, and extreme individualism and arduously correct bad tendencies such as abusing one's powers, fakery, unprincipled acts, and harming others for profit," said the document, published Wednesday on government websites. China to curb 'overly entertaining' reality TV 2011-10-26T11:18:17Z Ms. Goodman stacks the deck against Kissinger, who comes off as an unprincipled scoundrel. Still Resonating From the Great Wall 2011-01-30T02:30:03Z She was angry and resented her neighbors for doing something clearly unprincipled. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: A Good Samaritan quits when she suspects some don’t need charity 2019-01-31T05:00:00Z When you truly believe your co-parent’s way is wrong, as in, somehow unprincipled or harmful, then choosing not to back down would be a matter of principle, not ego. Perspective | Carolyn Hax: Clashing parenting styles — or egos? 2017-06-22T04:00:00Z But Lipstein isn’t implying that a person must either be celestially lucky or satanically unprincipled or both in order to “make it.” In ‘Last Resort,’ a Writer Turns a Friend’s Story Into a Smash Success 2022-01-19T05:00:00Z To dismiss Straw as an unprincipled and narrowly ambitious politician is to miss the point. Last Man Standing by Jack Straw - review 2012-10-02T11:29:00Z Instead, he seems to see Hill as a character role: a cool manipulator and traveling horndog who in being unprincipled must also be unlovable. Review: Even With Hugh Jackman, ‘The Music Man’ Goes Flat 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z Politics is a fine profession, if rarely noble: writing about politics, I defend politicians regularly from a general contempt that they are venal, self-interested, unprincipled rogues. Polly Toynbee: What I am thinking about ... envy 2012-08-25T08:08:56Z Always he was an adversarial politician who revelled in invective, an unprincipled and callous cynic who could steep himself in treacly sentimentality, a juggler of men and measures. Disraeli: Or the Two Lives by Douglas Hurd and Edward Young – review 2013-07-17T17:05:21Z What emerges is less a portrait of an accused killer than a glaring revelation of unprincipled journalism and unapologetic sexism. Review: In ‘Amanda Knox,’ a Murder and Journalism Run Amok 2016-09-29T04:00:00Z Puzzle piece by piece, interview by interview, Mr. Wardle fits together a grim story of hubristic doctors and their grotesquely unprincipled enablers who played with human lives in the name of science. Review: The Surreal, Heartbreaking Case of ‘Three Identical Strangers’ 2018-06-27T04:00:00Z The newspaper’s editorial board, keen to support a Republican, instead endorsed Democrat Robert Zimmerman, calling Santos a “bizarre, unprincipled and sketchy” man who “boasts like an insecure child.” George Santos had an awkward first day at the office 2023-01-03T05:00:00Z Keegan capably shoulders the bulk of the weight of unprincipled behavior here. Review | In Ayad Akhtar’s play about Wall Street’s wicked ways, even the good guys live in a world of moral ambiguity 2019-04-15T04:00:00Z He could be one of those pleasant, unprincipled characters, beloved of British satirists, who schemes his way to the top. Orlando Bloom in The Good Doctor: Malpractice Makes Perfect 2012-08-31T14:30:39Z China‘s Communist leadership is attempting to “hoodwink the world into thinking unprincipled engagement with the PRC can be mutually beneficial,” he said. China state-controlled outlets reveal Xi Jinping’s goals for APEC summit, Biden meeting 2023-11-13T05:00:00Z He had also proved himself many times over to be untrustworthy and unprincipled. The gang that couldn't shoot straight: Will the GOP's baffling "ignarrogance" be its undoing? 2023-10-15T04:00:00Z Exiting that meeting room, member after member told us they considered the Republican Speaker from California to be unprincipled, untrustworthy and therefore undeserving of being rescued by them. How Kevin McCarthy lost political cage fight with arch-enemy Matt Gaetz 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z They united against McCarthy in Tuesday’s vote, calling him untrustworthy and unprincipled. News Analysis: California knows earthquakes. This week, a temblor reshaped the state’s politics 2023-10-03T04:00:00Z They bring strong loyalty to their in-groups, have thick-walled, highly compartmentalized minds, use a lot of double standards in their judgments, are surprisingly unprincipled at times and are often hypocrites. Why America is going backward: Being the richest nation in history isn't enough 2023-08-05T04:00:00Z In siding with six Republican-led states that sued to block the program, she said, the majority opinion was opportunistic, unprincipled and infected by politics. Supreme Court Rejects Biden’s Student Loan Forgiveness Plan 2023-06-30T04:00:00Z "The unprecedented and unprincipled ruling demonstrated that Judge Cannon could not be, nor even appear to be, an impartial decision-maker." Watchdog group turns to chief judge to demand Judge Cannon be removed because she's not "impartial" 2023-06-15T04:00:00Z “This freedom of information request will expose the twisted thinking and those responsible for this unprecedented and unprincipled takeover of what should have been a factual commentary on an exceptionally historic occasion.” Australian Indigenous TV host quits program over racist backlash 2023-05-22T04:00:00Z “It’s unprincipled but it’s also unwise because I think it’s going to backfire on them,” said Justin Giboney, a Democratic strategist and president of the AND Campaign, a Christian civic group based in Atlanta. Kamala Harris, Democrats rally around expelled Tenn. lawmakers 2023-04-07T04:00:00Z This feeling is ripe for exploitation by unprincipled political leaders who thrive on division and resentment. Opinion | Why so many Americans feel left out 2023-03-21T04:00:00Z "No-one can accuse me of not delivering, of bending under pressure or being unprincipled." SNP leadership: Voting opens as race enters final fortnight 2023-03-13T04:00:00Z Mr. Trump, he said, is “courageous and unprincipled,” citing his recent statements on abortion. Seeking Evangelicals’ Support Again, Trump Confronts a Changed Religious Landscape 2023-03-09T05:00:00Z “Reading novel ‘rights’ into the Constitution would set the judiciary on a dangerous, unprincipled path destructive to rule of law.” Indiana’s top court hearing challenge to state abortion ban 2023-01-18T05:00:00Z “Whatever his political future,” he wrote in June, Representative Kevin McCarthy — who will most likely be the next speaker of the House — “will be remembered as his generation’s most pathetic, unprincipled and contemptible political figure.” Michael J. Gerson, Presidential Speechwriter and Columnist, Dies at 58 2022-11-17T05:00:00Z But nor can we allow our movement to be led astray by the siren song of unprincipled populism that's unmoored from our oldest traditions and most cherished values. Mike Pence's delusional quest: After all this, he still believes in a GOP that died long ago 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z Much of it was couched in an unreconstructed view of history in which the Lost Cause is noble, the Confederacy was a bastion of states’ rights and Gen. William Tecumseh Sherman was an unprincipled butcher. Statue debate provokes fiery defense of Confederacy in Va.’s Mathews County 2022-09-22T04:00:00Z Reform would protect the democratic process from future attacks from unprincipled politicians who would manipulate the system to install their favored candidates in the White House, regardless of the voters’ will. Opinion | Congress’s first job right now: Safeguarding democracy 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z He also accused Abdullah of “unprincipled decision making, and a leadership style rooted in retribution and intimidation.” Black Lives Matter leader accused of stealing $10 million from organization, using it as 'personal piggy bank' 2022-09-02T04:00:00Z Chi K’ang, responding to Confucius’s suggestion regarding thievery, asked Confucius, “What do you say to killing the unprincipled for the good of the principled?” Introduction to Philosophy 2022-06-15T00:00:00Z His broadside against "unprincipled populism unmoored from our oldest traditions and most cherished values" is clearly aimed at his former boss. Mike Pence's delusional quest: After all this, he still believes in a GOP that died long ago 2022-10-21T04:00:00Z It's the archetype of the swashbuckling, unprincipled mogul that we elevate, and that has repeatedly caused us grief. How one of Trump's best friends was trapped in the Jersey swamps: An American tale 2022-08-17T04:00:00Z Despite warnings of terrible consequences, a rouges’ gallery of arrogant, obsequious and unprincipled officials pressed ahead, driven by ideological zeal, careerism or fear of the Trump White House. Opinion | Family separation was a catastrophe. And it could happen again. 2022-08-15T04:00:00Z "You're greedy, unprincipled, and I'm embarrassed for ever considering you a friend," Manning said. What happened to Glenn Greenwald? The former trans ally now sides with right wing transphobia 2022-08-08T04:00:00Z "The risk is for unprincipled people to use his case to minimize the value of vaccination. His case is actually a case study in how and why vaccines work and their benefit to society." Why Biden's COVID case is unlikely to be severe, according to experts 2022-07-21T04:00:00Z But if Republicans prefer an unprincipled and possibly treasonous liar who is, in Barr's words, "detached from reality" — even when they know exactly who he is — then which party poses the greater danger? Donald Trump, Macbeth and the ruins of the Republican Party 2022-07-08T04:00:00Z Whatever his political future, McCarthy will be remembered as his generation’s most pathetic, unprincipled and contemptible political figure. Opinion | History will accept only one Jan. 6 narrative. This committee has it. 2022-06-10T04:00:00Z As Washington warned in his Farewell Address more than 225 years ago, unprincipled leaders could create "permanent despotism," "the ruins of public liberty," and "riot and insurrection." The ghost of Watergate looms over Jan. 6 hearings: Will there be accountability this time? 2022-06-06T04:00:00Z Attorneys for the board, in asking the Supreme Court to review Matthews’ decision, called his order a “rambling, unprincipled, result-oriented decision” and labeled it “the antithesis of deference to an independent constitutional entity.” Alaska Supreme Court orders use of interim map for elections 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z Four liberal dissenters decried what they saw as an unprincipled, destabilizing departure from long-standing precedent. Opinion | That time Alito overturned a long-standing precedent and — crickets 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z Bork had railed against the right to privacy, calling Griswold “unprincipled” and Roe “an unconstitutional decision, a … wholly unjustifiable judicial usurpation of state legislative authority.” Perspective | The right to privacy — not just abortion — is on the chopping block 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z But the chief justice’s approach, whether considered incremental or unprincipled, would have left abortion available, for now, to many people. A Supreme Court in Disarray After an Extraordinary Breach 2022-05-03T04:00:00Z By contrast, Confederate leaders followed the example of John C. Calhoun, renounced political parties as corrupt and unprincipled, and tried to govern by consensus alone. Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z Philip was crafty, unprincipled, and willing to do whatever was necessary to achieve his goals. World History: Patterns of Interaction 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z The authors note that Republicans have made “unprincipled but effective use of Democrats’ vulnerabilities on social and cultural issues, especially those with racial overtones” since the 1960s. Analysis | Democrats are engaged in a ‘new politics of evasion’ that could cost them in 2024, new study says 2022-02-21T05:00:00Z But, no, this was a reminder that Olympic feats cannot sanitize all the filth of doping allegations and insufficient IOC governance, particularly when it comes to Russia and its reputation of unprincipled behavior. Perspective | At these messy Olympics, Nathan Chen has to share the stage with a Russian scandal 2022-02-10T05:00:00Z But what Sinema has touted as independence has been decried as unprincipled opportunism by a growing chorus of left-leaning groups and individuals. Arizona Democratic Party votes to censure Sinema, citing filibuster vote 2022-01-22T05:00:00Z “It does not thrive with master or slave when transplanted to cities, where is assembled large crowds of indigent and many unprincipled whites, especially where there are many foreigners to earn or steal subsistence.” Building the American Republic, Volume 2 2018-01-18T00:00:00Z “An unprincipled attempt at grabbing power is not harmless just because it fails,” he warned Democrats. On Voting Rights, Democrats Say They Had to Go Down Swinging 2022-01-20T05:00:00Z What troubles me about Kennedy’s latest stunt is not just what it revealed about a politician doing what some unprincipled, opportunistic politicians have always done. Opinion | Our Foghorn Leghorn Republican senator little resembles his former Democratic self, but in Louisiana we know the type 2021-11-22T05:00:00Z Applying the nuisance statute to lawful products “would create unlimited and unprincipled liability for product manufacturers,” who generally do not have control of their products once they are sold. Opinion | The Oklahoma Supreme Court’s J&J ruling strikes a blow against institutional derangement 2021-11-17T05:00:00Z They see her as a chameleon, unprincipled and narcissistic, an intellectual lightweight without any steady, guiding tenets. Opinion | Is It Time for Kyrsten Sinema to Leave the Democratic Party? 2021-10-15T04:00:00Z “Roe and Casey are unprincipled decisions that have damaged the democratic process, poisoned our national discourse, plagued the law — and, in doing so, harmed this Court,” her brief states. In political spotlight, Supreme Court embarks on extraordinarily controversial term 2021-10-02T04:00:00Z Democrats have to do three things at the same time: advance their agenda, protect the integrity of our elections and prevent this unprincipled Trump-cult version of the GOP from ever gaining national power again. Do Democrats have the courage of Liz Cheney? 2021-10-01T04:00:00Z That unprincipled exercise in raw political power increased the conservative majority on the high court from 5-4 to 6-3 — and likely cemented the balance of power on the court for a generation. Opinion | Amy Coney Barrett wants us to believe the Supreme Court isn’t partisan. Good luck with that. 2021-09-13T04:00:00Z “Roe and Casey are unprincipled decisions that have damaged the democratic process, poisoned our national discourse, plagued the law — and, in doing so, harmed this Court,” the brief states. Mississippi asks Supreme Court to overturn Roe v. Wade in upcoming case 2021-07-22T04:00:00Z The flap over critical race theory is just another scam from a party that believes in nothing except the unprincipled pursuit of power. Opinion | The cold truth about Republicans’ hot air over critical race theory 2021-06-28T04:00:00Z If Republicans really want to Make America Great Again, they need to heed Washington's message — and dump the "cunning, ambitious and unprincipled man" on whose behalf they seem willing to destroy democracy. George Washington predicted Donald Trump: Why doesn't everyone know this? 2021-06-13T04:00:00Z Today’s GOP is so unserious and unprincipled that it will not even support a blue-ribbon commission to investigate the Jan. 6 insurrection at the Capitol. Opinion | Bipartisanship is overrated, especially with these Republicans 2021-05-27T04:00:00Z The board said Facebook’s rationale for the original ban was unprincipled and arbitrary, and that “indefinite” bans were not even written policy at the time the Trump decision was made. Facebook tried to outsource its decision about Trump. The Oversight Board said not so fast. 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z "This is the most unprincipled & cynical British government in many years and that's saying something. An absolute disgrace. Shame on them," he tweeted. Troubles: Anger at proposed 'ban' on prosecutions 2021-05-06T04:00:00Z But the influence of his treacherous ideology is still being spread by unprincipled people seeking influence and profit. Opinion | Trumpism is American fascism 2021-02-01T05:00:00Z The current members of the Republican Party will go down in history as allowing an unprincipled man to take over the party of Lincoln and destroy it. Opinion | The despicable display on Jan. 6 2021-01-11T05:00:00Z “From Confederate base names to social media liability provisions … to imaginary and easily refutable charges about China, it’s hard to keep track of President Trump’s unprincipled, irrational excuses for vetoing this bipartisan bill,” Reed said. House set for override vote on Trump’s defense bill veto 2020-12-28T05:00:00Z At least one House Republican already has signaled he will object; the search is on for an unprincipled Republican senator to follow suit. Opinion | Trump and his GOP enablers are slandering American democracy 2020-12-10T05:00:00Z “He may be — perhaps compromised. He may be simply unprincipled, or he may be personally distraught or ill,” Mr. Dobbs continued. Lou Dobbs calls Bill Barr ‘either a liar or a fool’ after AG says no evidence fraud marred election 2020-12-02T05:00:00Z Farmers in Palestine, fishermen in Mozambique, and students in Kabul all pay a heavy price for his unprincipled lies and puerile irresponsibility. US poll chaos is a boon for the enemies of democracy the whole world over 2020-11-15T05:00:00Z Our electoral system and our presidential transition process have flaws and holes that an unprincipled leader can exploit. Opinion | This is a massive failure of character among Republicans — with evangelicals out in front 2020-11-12T05:00:00Z Though those strategies might still be in play, they have been augmented by unscrupulous, unprincipled and amoral tactics. Opinion | What the 2020 vote says about America 2020-11-05T05:00:00Z Republicans, in their quiescence over four years, and now in their unprincipled attempt to stack the high court, are plunging us into the abyss. Opinion | What if President Biden abused power the way President Trump does? 2020-09-21T04:00:00Z They are quick to act and seem to be totally unprincipled in the type of information they use to attack the scientific community. Facts v feelings: how to stop our emotions misleading us 2020-09-10T04:00:00Z The party’s only reason for being is to gain and retain power for itself and its comparably unprincipled leader. Opinion | The Republican Party announces that it stands for nothing 2020-08-24T04:00:00Z Although abortion opponents insist that Roe is both morally abhorrent and constitutionally unprincipled, the court, citing deference to precedent, has declined multiple invitations to overrule the decision. Opinion | The Supreme Court’s abortion decision seems pulled from the ‘Casey’ playbook 2020-06-29T04:00:00Z Raised by a steelworker and a secretary at the Inland plant in Gary, Ind., Popovich is as open-minded, principled and curious as Trump is narrow-minded, unprincipled and incurious. Opinion | An Anti-Trump Slam Dunk 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z “To use and abuse people in this narcissistic and unprincipled manner is the antithesis of leadership that inspires loyalty and devotion among those you are privileged to lead.” Trump salutes traditions at West Point graduation amid criticism of his moves to politicize military 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z It is also the wealthy and well-connected sociopaths who poison the environment, exploit the poor and manipulate unprincipled political officials. "Law and order": A debased concept used to cover up right-wing crime and depravity 2020-06-13T04:00:00Z Trump finds in Putin a kindred spirit – vicious, unprincipled and corrupt. This shoddy Idlib ceasefire won’t end the war – or the suffering of Syrians 2020-03-07T05:00:00Z And this unprincipled money comes in large part from the disparity of wealth in this country. The climate crisis must reunite America — and yes, that could happen 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z Bolton has sadly reduced himself to nothing more than an unprincipled tool of the Radical Dems and Deep State: And he's sacrificed his integrity to sell a lousy spiteful book, pathetic ... John Bolton and John Kelly turn on the boss at last — and Trump loyalists respond with fury 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z They will also tell you that he is, above all, a man of principle who would never sacrifice himself for the most unprincipled president in modern history. Opinion | Bolton isn’t just selling books. He’s saving his legacy. 2020-01-28T05:00:00Z Trump, meanwhile, is likely to be acquitted by Senate Republicans who are so cowardly and unprincipled that they will ignore his flagrantly unconstitutional acts. Trump is on trial for abusing his power – the Davos elites should join him | Robert Reich 2020-01-19T05:00:00Z Comedian Ricky Gervais warned the attendees off of political speeches at Sunday night’s Golden Globe awards, joking that his Hollywood figures are unprincipled and ignorant. Ricky Gervais blasts Hollywood figures as unprincipled, ignorant at Golden Globes 2020-01-05T05:00:00Z The Jeffersonian journalist James Callender, after calling Adams a "repulsive pedant, a gross hypocrite and an unprincipled oppressor," was fined and sentenced to nine months in jail. The climate crisis must reunite America — and yes, that could happen 2020-02-17T05:00:00Z The film reinforces misinformed beliefs about professional reporting with a series of situations that portray journalists as untrustworthy and unprincipled. Opinion | How Clint Eastwood blew the story of 1996 2019-12-18T05:00:00Z You could call them unprincipled, opportunistic, cowardly, spineless, vacillating, fainthearted, jittery or dissolute. Press Watch: Democrats who are undecided on impeachment aren't "moderates." They're hacks 2019-12-12T05:00:00Z Hughes’ order called the petition “unprincipled and unnecessary — a low smear of Macquarie.” Texas woman fights to keep name out of lawsuit alleging rape 2019-12-05T05:00:00Z Hughes’ order called the petition “unprincipled and unnecessary - a low smear of Macquarie.” Texas woman fights to keep name out of lawsuit alleging rape 2019-12-06T05:00:00Z One memo describes King as an “unprincipled opportunistic individual,” and another calls him “the most dangerous and effective Negro leader in the country.” ‘Father of modern law enforcement’ or ‘abomination’? New FBI digs inflame fight over Hoover and race 2019-10-28T04:00:00Z Equally important will be to bury any recollection of the catastrophes that paved the way for an über-qualified centrist to lose to an indisputably unqualified and unprincipled political novice in 2016. The real cover-up: Putting Donald Trump’s impeachment in context 2019-10-14T04:00:00Z But for every other White House in the modern era, Republican and Democratic, the idea of enlisting help from foreign powers for political advantage was seen as unwise and politically dangerous, if not unprincipled. ‘We Absolutely Could Not Do That’: When Seeking Foreign Help Was Out of the Question 2019-10-06T04:00:00Z When it comes to coalitions, he may have his pick, analysts predicted, and the young chancellor may be wary that a reunion would look unprincipled, even unseemly. Austria’s Kurz, Leading in Polls, Looks Open to Reunion With Far Right 2019-09-28T04:00:00Z His critics regarded him as an unprincipled and greedy opportunist, skilled in the politician’s arts of clientelism and betrayal but lacking any real conviction and indecisive in government. Jacques Chirac obituary 2019-09-26T04:00:00Z Rather, he/she appeared to be a Republican who sincerely believed Trump is a dangerous, amoral, and unprincipled buffoon who was acting “in a manner that is detrimental to the health of our republic.” One year after the anonymous op-ed from a senior Trump admin official 2019-09-05T04:00:00Z The MP for Bracknell, who is against a no deal, said the government was "pursuing a damaging Brexit in unprincipled ways", putting lives and livelihoods at risk. Brexit's big week: Five things we learned on Tuesday 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z “This Conservative government is aggressively pursuing a damaging Brexit in unprincipled ways. It is putting lives and livelihoods at risk unnecessarily and it is wantonly endangering the integrity of the United Kingdom.” UK PM Johnson loses majority in parliament after lawmaker defects... 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z He said the government was "pursuing a damaging Brexit in unprincipled ways", putting lives and livelihoods at risk. Tory MP defects ahead of crucial Brexit vote 2019-09-03T04:00:00Z Though Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Broadway play portrayed Burr as an unprincipled foil to Alexander Hamilton, the academic “jury is still out” on whether the third vice president was truly wicked, Gordon-Reed said. Aaron Burr, who killed Alexander Hamilton in a duel, had a secret family of color - The Washington Post 2019-08-24T04:00:00Z College football is a thoroughly corrupt, shameful, depraved, ignoble, wicked, appalling, inexcusable, indefensible, unjust, unscrupulous, unprincipled, amoral, loathsome, hypocritical, warped, egregious, appalling, reprehensible and foul exercise in American power, greed and excess. Perspective | Our first (and last) annual Olive-Branch Guide to College Football in 14 Easy Steps 2019-08-18T04:00:00Z In Panama an unprincipled spy enlists a tailor to gather information about the canal for the British government, but the details soon become lies. TV Listings: Here are the feature and TV Films airing the week of July 28 - Aug. 3, 2019 2019-07-26T04:00:00Z Detractors call Johnson buffoonish and unprincipled, reckless and feckless. Boris Johnson, one of Britain's most eccentric politicians, on track to be next prime minister 2019-07-22T04:00:00Z Pulitzer Prize-winning historian McCullough portrays the settlement of the Northwest Territory in the years after the American Revolution as a story of the principled vs. the unprincipled, in which the triumph of virtue is assured. Review | How we tell the story of America 2019-06-27T04:00:00Z Haunted by his vote upholding the Affordable Care Act — a vote they view as unprincipled — they insist that only a weak-willed, weak-kneed judge would ever deviate from right-wing orthodoxy to preserve the court’s legitimacy. Opinion | We ought to be concerned about preserving the political order of the Supreme Court 2019-06-18T04:00:00Z And in a debate over reality, the unprincipled will always win, because they will just lie, and they will make reality whatever they want it to be.” Trump v Mueller: How the president won the messaging wars 2019-06-11T04:00:00Z Soros is a contradictory and influential figure, making him an attractive target for unprincipled attacks. Scapegoating George Soros: How media-savvy far-right activists spread lies 2019-06-04T04:00:00Z And now he wants a reward for being unprincipled and brazenly dishonest. McConnell seeks contributions for his Supreme Court brazenness 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z The subtext is that Congress’s position is partisan and unprincipled. Opinion | Trump has shown his contempt for Congress. Will Congress reciprocate? 2019-05-22T04:00:00Z He is a shamelessly unprincipled gutter fighter whose only goal is to consolidate the power of the Republican Party by any means necessary. Mitch McConnell, gravedigger of democracy: Majority leader's shocking power grab 2019-05-08T04:00:00Z He was disgusted with former President Jacob Zuma, who, after nine singularly unprincipled years in office, stands accused of sixteen counts of corruption, fraud, and racketeering. Who Owns South Africa? 2019-05-06T04:00:00Z Film Festival, now known as Sundance, the Los Angeles Times film critic Sheila Benson wrote: “No amount of production sheen or acting skill seems excuse enough for the film's scabrous morality or its unprincipled viciousness.” How ‘Heathers’ survived the test of time to become a cult sensation 2019-04-12T04:00:00Z We adore “The Front Page” and “Scoop,” which present us as lazy, unprincipled, and hopelessly in thrall to bogus information. Bad Press 2019-04-11T04:00:00Z An indefatigable Bob Turton plays the central role of the Maniac, who busts into a police station where a railway worker suspected of terrorism recently leaped from a window after a protracted and unprincipled interrogation. At Actors' Gang, a timely return of the political madness of Dario Fo's 'Anarchist' 2019-02-05T05:00:00Z Jilani called Democratic leaders “unprincipled” for pushing criminal prison reform and -- at the same time -- trying to bring down prominent individuals who've made mistakes. Liberal journalist: Northam case shows the left is unable to forgive 2019-02-04T05:00:00Z Poehling said that he briefly considered quitting his job, but decided that that would be unprincipled. The Personal Toll of Whistle-Blowing 2019-01-28T05:00:00Z Yet the present Senate, even its more articulate Democrats, seems alarmingly feeble and unprincipled in the face Mr. Trump’s demagogy. Opinion | Russell Baker, Bard in a Buick 2019-01-25T05:00:00Z “Press characterized as the enemy of the people, the independence of our justice system being undermined. We have the most immoral, unprincipled and dangerous president in our history.” Democrats Resoundingly Nominate Pelosi as Speaker, but Defections Signal Fight Ahead 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z “The whole path of taking names and using assistance as crude leverage to get votes at the U.N. was misguided. It makes the U.S. look like a nakedly unprincipled actor.” With Bolton ascendant, Haley’s departure sparks fears 2018-10-09T04:00:00Z He continued to write from his prison cell, calling Adams “a gross hypocrite and an unprincipled oppressor.” The thin-skinned president who made it illegal to criticize his office 2018-09-08T04:00:00Z It’s necessary, the unnamed senior official argues, because Trump is a dangerous, amoral, and unprincipled buffoon who is acting “in a manner that is detrimental to the health of our republic.” An unfortunate boast: 'This is a functioning White House' 2018-09-06T04:00:00Z Rather, he/she appears to be a Republican who sincerely believes Trump is a dangerous, amoral, and unprincipled buffoon who is acting “in a manner that is detrimental to the health of our republic.” Senior official: Trump's actions are 'detrimental to the health of our republic' 2018-09-05T04:00:00Z In a statement late Wednesday, Museveni accused “unprincipled politicians” of luring youth into rioting. Ugandan pop star-turned-lawmaker faces a treason charge 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z It’s not that investors large and small only care about money and are happy to tolerate unprincipled strongmen. Trump vs. the Authoritarian 2018-08-15T04:00:00Z Trump may very well be unhinged but she’s the definition of unprincipled. Trump’s N-word tape is going to be Pussygate all over again 2018-08-11T04:00:00Z “The ballet depicts ancient India as a realm of unprincipled fancy-dress barbarism,” he notes. Essential Arts & Culture: An L.A. opera genius, a giant sing-along and the movie music man 2018-07-21T04:00:00Z In fact, in his farewell address in 1796, President George Washington warned his audience about “cunning, ambitious and unprincipled” individuals who would seek to consolidate power through political parties. Editorials from around New England 2018-07-20T04:00:00Z In a statement late Wednesday, Museveni accused “unprincipled politicians” of luring youth into rioting. Ugandan pop star-turned-lawmaker faces a treason charge 2018-08-23T04:00:00Z The former congressman from Florida claimed that they are primarily driven by an unprincipled hatred for liberalism. Joe Scarborough deems himself GOP gatekeeper; Sean Hannity, Laura Ingraham ‘never’ Republicans 2018-07-06T04:00:00Z If they defend Trump, they look unprincipled or immoral. Opinion | Paul Ryan has been living in a cave 2018-06-18T04:00:00Z He has come to see the Clinton team as unprincipled schemers, much as the Republicans he long opposed do. Mark Penn, Ex-Clinton Aide, Dismisses Mueller Inquiry, and the Clintons Along With It 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z Asked to describe the nature of his attacks on members of the cabinet, he responded: "Aggressive, unprincipled. Fishing expeditions often." Investigator 'targeted politicians' for news 2018-03-06T05:00:00Z Another unprincipled, morally empty and spineless Republican politician. Trump’s Republican Critics Find a Sudden Need for His Support 2018-02-21T05:00:00Z Now he says the Democrats have no right to do what he did because, well, that would make them unprincipled. With government shutdown, Republicans reap what they sow 2018-01-19T05:00:00Z It is as unprincipled and cartoonish and full of fancies masquerading as facts as I thought it would be. Analysis | The Daily 202: Why Trump and Republicans are suddenly talking up bipartisanship 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z Please read, "Devil's Bargain," a chilling new book that details how unscrupulous and unprincipled both of these characters are. Trump Breaks With Bannon, Saying He Has ‘Lost His Mind’ 2018-01-03T05:00:00Z This is a last gasp attempt to coax Mr. Corker to vote no, or barring that smear him as unprincipled. Kicking Bob Corker 2017-12-19T05:00:00Z And there is no characterizing the NFL’s disciplinary “system” as anything but an unprincipled mess. Perspective | Gronkowski suspension shows Roger Goodell doesn’t know when to use his power 2017-12-04T05:00:00Z My disgust with the Nassau GOP cannot match the power of their cynical and and unprincipled behavior. Opinion | Willie Horton, Updated for the Trump Era 2017-11-05T04:00:00Z Trump’s two days in Vietnam are likely to follow a similarly unprincipled script. Trump’s Asia tour will expose his craving for the approval of despots | Simon Tisdall 2017-11-03T04:00:00Z For a president as unprincipled, ignorant of policy and demanding of personal loyalty as Mr Trump, Mr Flake proved stylistically and substantively unacceptable. Jeff Flake says he will not seek re-election to the Senate 2017-10-24T04:00:00Z “They fought tenaciously and with courage against an unprincipled enemy, taking great care to move the population trapped by Daesh away from the battle area and minimize civilian casualties,” said Brig. U. S.-led coalition declares ISIS forces vanquished, battle for Raqqa over 2017-10-20T04:00:00Z It is an entirely consistent inconsistency, a fabulously unprincipled set of principles. America keeps the world on its toes. Blame the Trump Doctrine | Richard Wolffe 2017-09-18T04:00:00Z Scaramucci, as his call to the New Yorker so aptly demonstrated, is undisciplined and unprincipled, over-reaching and under-qualified, petty, vindictive, and above all, in love with his own image on TV. Anthony Scaramucci is vindictive, petty and unprincipled – perfect for Trump | Richard Wolffe 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z When you truly believe your co-parent’s way is wrong, as in, somehow unprincipled or harmful, choosing not to back down would be a matter of principle, not ego. Clash of parenting styles cries out for counseling 2017-06-24T04:00:00Z Northam, by contrast, put out statements after the vote decrying Republicans’ “spineless, unprincipled cruelty” in passing the legislation. Obamacare cost him a seat in Congress. Can it make him Governor of Virginia? 2017-05-08T04:00:00Z This is the brand that Trump has created for himself—that of an unprincipled, cocky, value-free con who will insult, stiff, or betray anyone to achieve his gaudiest purposes. A Hundred Days of Trump 2017-04-23T04:00:00Z "He's flexible, perhaps unprincipled, with a pragmatic approach to government," he said. Trump reverses course in 24 hours from Nato to China to Fed - BBC News 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z His has been the epitome of unprincipled leadership, the triumph of tactics in service of short-term power. Opinion | Mitch McConnell, the man who broke America 2017-04-07T04:00:00Z And who might the lexicographers have had in mind a month ago when they reported that they added back to the dictionary the word “snollygoster, ‘a shrewd & unprincipled person, especially an unprincipled politician’ ”? Opinion | Trump says he has the ‘best words.’ Merriam-Webster disagrees. 2017-04-04T04:00:00Z “Keeping it going as a shadow of what it had been felt unprincipled,” Bradley said. The story behind Atlantic owner David Bradley’s ‘biggest business failure’ 2017-03-31T04:00:00Z Listeners to “The Mark Levin Show” Tuesday heard “The Great One” blast Mr. McConnell as an unprincipled “old barnacle” who lacks the ability to forward the cause freedom and liberty. Mark Levin unloads on ‘mumbling’ Mitch McConnell, ‘pathetic mouthpieces’ over health care fail 2017-03-29T04:00:00Z "I will defend my officers against every unprincipled attack, but at the same time I refuse to defend anyone who does not keep to the high standards of the Hungarian police," said Karoly Papp. Hungary hits snags with squad to stop migrants - BBC News 2017-02-14T05:00:00Z Every adult should be outraged by the school board’s unprincipled stance and the potential for a dangerous legal precedent that would further endanger children. Opinion | A Virginia school board’s unconscionable stance on child abuse 2017-02-03T05:00:00Z What many took as Theresa May’s unprincipled political expediency in failing to quickly condemn Trump’s visa ban on Muslims contrasted with Sir Mo Farah’s stance. The new culture war: how Hollywood took on Trump 2017-01-31T05:00:00Z The danger to the new country, Hamilton argued, wasn’t ideological disputes, but the possibility that an unprincipled man would exploit public passions. Hamilton helped elect his rival to keep an ‘unruly Tyrant’ from the presidency. If only . . . 2016-12-30T05:00:00Z A kakistocracy is a government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens. Degeneration nation: It takes a village of idiots to raise a kakistocracy like Donald Trump’s 2016-12-17T05:00:00Z Not without reason, many will interpret the movie as a timely study in Trumpian decadence, the story of an unprincipled self-made businessman trampling over a nation’s higher ideals. Michael Keaton reveals the face of American greed in the shrewd McDonald's drama 'The Founder' 2016-12-07T05:00:00Z The American Heritage Dictionary defines it as a “government by the least qualified or most unprincipled citizens.” Donald Trump’s First, Alarming Week as President-Elect 2016-11-15T05:00:00Z It’s fashionable to dismiss all politicians as equally disappointing, unprincipled or simply venal. Who pretends to support kids with HIV but gives nothing? Donald Trump | Richard Wolffe 2016-11-04T04:00:00Z The whole truth is that Goodell is as unprincipled as he is incompetent. In Roger Goodell’s NFL, end-zone dances matter more than domestic violence 2016-10-24T04:00:00Z Others described Trump as unprincipled and untrustworthy, with some staunch gun rights advocates concerned about whether he would follow through on his promises to protect gun rights if elected. Trump website touts bipartisan support for gun policy he opposes 2016-10-07T04:00:00Z How did we land in the position where voters are asked to choose between an ignorant plutocrat and an unprincipled meritocrat? What a Revoltin’ Development 2016-08-31T04:00:00Z Even training was deemed unprincipled by amateur sportsmen such as C.B. Doping Wasn’t Always Considered Cheating 2016-08-10T04:00:00Z It means government by the worst persons, by the least qualified or most unprincipled. The Week They Decided He Was Crazy 2016-08-04T04:00:00Z “Donald Trump is a narcissistic, self-centered, unprincipled, miserable example of a human being,” said Jimmy Camp. Essential California: A win for Gov. Brown's water project 2016-07-22T04:00:00Z While it’s unlikely that Manafort played a direct role with the book, the scandal further bolstered Yanukovych’s image as a deeply corrupt and unprincipled politician. Trump chief stars in campaign controversy 2016-07-19T04:00:00Z It is a refrain that follows a long pattern of unprincipled policies by Ryan and his ilk of pro-life GOP politicians. Don’t let conservatives fool you: Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt is about regulation, not abortion 2016-07-16T04:00:00Z Identifying an unprincipled narcissistic disorder sheds a lot of light on Trump’s actions. “A Trump speech is just a story starring Trump”: Science proves The Donald is a textbook narcissist 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z Republicans are not bound never to vote for the candidate of another party, however unprincipled their own might be. Donald Trump’s Four Favorite Words 2016-06-19T04:00:00Z There are some Conservative MPs who think the campaign has stripped bare the buffoon, revealing an ambitious, unprincipled and insubstantial politician. Will there be a general election before Christmas? - BBC News 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z They took principled action to stop the widespread unprincipled practice of using emergency leave as severance pay or hush money for departing state employees. Recent editorials from Texas newspapers 2016-06-07T04:00:00Z The businessman is running as a left-winger’s caricature of selfish, unprincipled conservatism. Trumpology 2016-06-02T04:00:00Z These personality attributes shape behavior patterns which, in the unprincipled narcissist, tend toward self-absorbed egotism. “A Trump speech is just a story starring Trump”: Science proves The Donald is a textbook narcissist 2016-07-10T04:00:00Z The thing is, if the NFL weren’t so treacherous, disingenuous, unscrupulous, mendacious, insidious, duplicitous, hypocritical and unprincipled, it would be pretty funny. The Raiders’ pursuit of a Las Vegas move is so terrible, it makes perfect sense 2016-05-15T04:00:00Z Vincent Bugliosi, the true-crime author and onetime prosecutor of Charles Manson, who spent years writing a comprehensive study of the Kennedy assassination, “Reclaiming History,” called Mr. Lane “unprincipled” and “a fraud.” Mark Lane, gadfly lawyer, author who promoted JFK conspiracy theory, dies at 89 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z This titular drift signals the Committee’s unprincipled vacillation in charge. The House science committee hates science and should be disbanded 2016-05-14T04:00:00Z Their moral error is blatant: Endorsing an unprincipled and unprepared man to run the country is more dishonorable than breaking a partisan commitment. There’s only one way Mr. Ryan could support Mr. Trump 2016-05-07T04:00:00Z There is, however, no limiting principle to restrain unprincipled people from punishing research entities, advocacy groups and individuals. Scientific silencers on the left are trying to shut down climate skepticism 2016-04-22T04:00:00Z It may not look good, and it may generate criticisms about being unprincipled, but there’s nothing inherently illegitimate about Team Sanders trying this. Team Sanders still has a plan to win the Democratic nomination 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z We always hear that politicians are unprincipled weather vanes, slavishly following polls. Five myths about political spin 2016-03-18T04:00:00Z At that point, GOP senators appear craven and unprincipled, but by all appearances, Republicans just don’t care. Senate Republicans turn their principles into a punch line 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z When Cruz jabbed Trump for funding unprincipled Democratic politicians, the businessman shot back: “I funded you!” Ted Cruz Fades on Home Turf 2016-02-25T05:00:00Z The UN's human rights chief said such "brutal and unprincipled attacks" were forbidden under international law. Afghan civilian death and injuries 'reach record high' - BBC News 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z Cruz used Trump’s past liberal positions on abortion and gay marriage to portray him as an unprincipled and untrustworthy conservative. Cruz edges Trump in Iowa caucuses; Rubio finishes strong third 2016-02-01T05:00:00Z The authors pointed out his inconsistent positions on abortion, gun control, single-payer health care, higher taxes on the wealthy, immigration and his unprincipled and dangerous foreign policy positions. Not Too Late 2016-01-29T05:00:00Z This is not something that only unprincipled, hack, establishment, D.C. insider, yadda-yadda-yadda villains do. Dissecting Paul Krugman’s Bernie backlash: Being a Sanders skeptic doesn’t make you a hack 2016-01-23T05:00:00Z Meanwhile, Cruz is starting to make an assertive case that Trump is an untrustworthy and unprincipled conservative. Republicans now see a Trump-Cruz race, with time for a shift running out 2016-01-15T05:00:00Z “Such unprincipled ambition has not and will not go unnoticed by conservatives,” he cautioned. Conservative Ire Grows Over Marco Rubio’s Past on Immigration 2015-12-18T05:00:00Z He is widely disliked by many colleagues who see him as an unprincipled showboater. Ronald Reagan and ... Barack Obama? Ted Cruz reveals presidential role models 2015-12-02T05:00:00Z Their unprincipled ambitions and actions are what is to be feared, not legitimate refugees from any land. Recent Missouri Editorials 2015-11-24T05:00:00Z Mr. Sanders homed in on Hillary’s principal weaknesses: her reputation for being unprincipled and hyperambitious, and the increasing perception of her as dishonest and untrustworthy. Hillary’s Subversive Lucky Streak 2015-10-28T04:00:00Z Trump is vulgar, intemperate, ideologically unprincipled, all bluster and no substance. Jeb!? 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z But Sir Thayne said Iraqi detainees who alleged they were tortured and abused - and subjected to mock executions - had given evidence that was "unprincipled in the extreme" and "wholly without regard to the truth". Al-Sweady Inquiry: UK army murder claims 'deliberate lies' - BBC News 2014-12-17T05:00:00Z To agree to the Trans-Pacific Partnership in the face of these overwhelming outcomes would truly be unprincipled. Actually, Ms. Clinton is right on trade 2015-10-11T04:00:00Z As she writes in “Rising to the Challenge,” her latest memoir, “Fearing for their positions, they behaved in an unprincipled fashion and ousted me from mine.” The Contradiction of Carly Fiorina 2015-10-05T04:00:00Z He may be guilty of flagrant inconsistency—he may have said one thing yesterday and another today for clearly unprincipled reasons—but that doesn’t make him a hypocrite. ‘Hypocrite,’ the All-Purpose Political Insult 2015-09-03T04:00:00Z Playing the Cuba card is a way to win back the far left, as well as to bring in campaign donations from unprincipled corporatists eager to go into business with the regime. Clinton Needs to Read Up on the Castros 2015-08-02T04:00:00Z Over time, he became “arrogant and contemptuous, he could act boorishly and unprincipled,” the former captain said. A Murder in Putin’s Police Force 2015-07-27T04:00:00Z However, in his same-sex marriage dissent, Roberts referred to “the unprincipled tradition of judicial policymaking that characterized discredited decisions such as Lochner.” The 110 year-old case that still inspires Supreme Court debates 2015-07-10T04:00:00Z It is an unprincipled call for higher taxes. Taxing Strip Clubs, Booze And E-Cigs: The Arrogant And Greedy Team Up To Take Your Money 2015-04-16T04:00:00Z Writing that “these unprincipled practices may be widespread,” he called the Raimey case an example of “reprehensible gamesmanship” that was “concealed by design from the homeowners.” Hurricane Sandy Victims Say Damage Reports Were Altered 2015-02-16T05:00:00Z “These unprincipled practices may be widespread,” Brown wrote in his Nov. 7 order. Insurers dogged by claims of slanted Sandy reports 2014-12-27T05:00:00Z To our great misfortune, the national intelligence imperatives continue to be shaped by unprincipled as well as short-term thinkers like Mr. Brennan. After Scrutiny, C.I.A. Mandate Is Untouched 2014-12-26T05:00:00Z “It has been obvious for decades that certain E.U. countries have adopted national policies of luring investments, and therefore jobs, by handing out unprincipled and non-transparent tax benefits,” he says. How Google and Apple Make Their Taxes Disappear We owe it to the vast majority of honest U.S. taxpayers to tirelessly search for and prosecute those who dodge paying their fair share and the unprincipled professionals who assist them. At Sentencing, Credit Suisse Ordered To Pay $1.8 Billion To U.S. By Next Week 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z The Rush Limbaugh-Ted Cruz Permanent Revolution Complex thinks that any Republican not willing to ponder government shutdowns and even impeachment to foil Obama’s designs is an unprincipled squish. A mission for Jeb Bush In an August speech to Hungary's ambassadors, he called openly for an unprincipled foreign policy, placing foreign investment in Hungary above any moral considerations such as a trade partner's human rights record. Cracks emerge in Hungary's ruling party 2014-10-23T04:00:00Z But what began as a goal to keep geographical powers in check soon evolved into cunning, ambitious and unprincipled cartography. A new district yields the same result in Florida The White House seems to believe that its unprincipled embrace of the regime and cynical promotion of the falsehood that it is “restoring democracy” will advance broader U.S. interests in the Middle East. Egypt should be a pariah state for its bloody crackdown on dissent The resulting gold rush was so wildly lucrative, and obscenely unprincipled, that it continues to reverberate at the highest levels of global finance and politics a decade later. How Libya Blew Billions and Its Best Chance at Democracy 2014-08-07T04:00:00Z Warsi may be deeply disliked by some senior Tories who see her as vain, unprincipled, self-centred and motivated by animus at her demotion from the party chairmanship in 2012. Lady Warsi's symbolic status may prove crucial loss for Tories 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z At another point, he quoted George Washington, who warned of “cunning, ambitious and unprincipled men.” Judge Rules G.O.P. Illegally Redrew Florida Districts 2014-07-10T04:00:00Z In other words, Justice Breyer’s unprincipled opinion, while limiting recent presidential practice, cements a much more expansive reading of that power than the Constitution allows. No, Mr. President, You Can't Do Whatever You Want 2014-06-27T04:00:00Z Fracking opponents said they were disappointed in the “shamelessly unprincipled” Democrats who sided with the oil industry by blocking the moratorium. California Senate rejects bill to halt fracking 2014-05-30T04:00:00Z Instead of being a paragon of law and order and integrity, Hoover’s secret FBI was a lawless and unprincipled arm of the bureau that, as Davidon had feared, suppressed the dissent of Americans. “What do you think of burglarizing an FBI office?”: The inside story of a daring break-in 2014-01-12T11:59:00Z And again others think the organisation will survive for far more unprincipled reasons. Five key questions facing the IPCC 2013-09-23T01:10:26Z The Labour party, meanwhile, has been kidnapped by a shower of unprincipled Oxbridge careerists and their utterly useless Scottish concubines. Bring on a British revolution – it's long overdue 2013-06-15T23:05:30Z Americans are debating whether he is a patriotic defender of civil liberties or the most unprincipled of traitors. Patriot or traitor, Snowden driven by fear of government intrusion 2013-06-11T15:56:11Z And in a letter to the Times, David Goldberg QC called her claims of "immoral" tax planning by Google, Amazon and Starbucks "an unprincipled attack on the rule of law". Tell the new generation Sids: don't buy bailed-out bank shares 2013-04-27T23:01:11Z Many of its principals die in violence or grief, but the most unprincipled of them endure and thrive…. Top 10 Les Mizzes Better Than the New Les Miz 2012-12-30T05:05:23Z "For any editor to respond to a threat to take down an article of journalism without putting up a fight is an unprincipled thing to do, so we've fought as much as we could." Paper removes 'rude' Zuma picture 2012-05-28T11:44:48Z Contrasted to the pomp of the Vatican were the unprincipled conditions of the city itself. Franz Liszt 2012-05-22T15:16:50.923Z I have rarely known or heard of a man unprincipled and profligate in private life, who could be faithful and just in public affairs. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z And often, men who are really mean and unprincipled must pose as persons very particular about the right and very indignant at the wrong. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z The administration, it said, appears to view lobbyists as predators and federal employees as “weak, unprincipled victims.” Lobbyists Object to Proposed Limits on Courting Officials 2012-04-07T02:47:26Z The authority of the prison ought to do its duty, and secure the confidence of the prisoners; and thus prevent the unprincipled and avaricious interference of these lawyers. Recollections of Windsor Prison; Containing Sketches of its History and Discipline with Appropriate Strictures and Moral and Religious Reflection 2012-04-06T02:00:31.240Z All was swallowed up in the dreadful gulf that my unprincipled extravagance had made. The Catholic World; Volume I, Issues 1-6 A Monthly Eclectic Magazine 2012-04-05T02:00:40.207Z It is, indeed, Sir," replied the Count, "the young Marquis de Hericourt, a relation not very distant of the Marquis de Louvois; and a brave, but rash, unprincipled, and weak young man he was. The Huguenot: (Volumes I-III) A Tale of the French Protestants. 2012-04-25T02:00:59.637Z A liar is a serious enemy, one who is utterly unprincipled, clever withal, and who trains himself with great skill to do mischief with his tongue. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z They had always represented England as desirous of peace, fighting only because she was forced to by a reckless, unprincipled administration and party. The Second War with England, Vol. 2 of 2 2012-04-05T02:00:38.213Z Thus, at about forty years of age, perished a brave and daring, though utterly reckless and unprincipled, man, who, under better auspices, might have been of the greatest service to his country. The Sea: Its Stirring Story of Adventure, Peril, & Heroism. Volume 3 2012-04-03T02:00:31.900Z The Deficiency Judgment and renewal of the same gives opportunity for greedy and unprincipled creditors to rob the debtor. Blazing The Way True Stories, Songs and Sketches of Puget Sound 2012-04-03T02:00:30.677Z “We intend to vigorously pursue all legal options at our disposal and send a clear message that such unprincipled and base behavior is not acceptable and will not be tolerated in a civil society.” Spanish Court Clears Saudi Prince in Rape Case 2012-03-29T12:37:24Z Instead of Christian men accepting the questionable ways of the world for pushing business, let them stand out as those who never can demean themselves by anything so unprincipled. The Expositor's Bible: The First Book of Samuel 2012-04-08T02:00:20.427Z This is even more than non-resistance; it is a reward for unprincipled men to impose upon you. The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets 2012-03-27T02:00:23.077Z —You have done yourself credit by exonerating Queen Elizabeth from a charge the easiest to bring, and the most difficult to rebut, implying the proof of a negative; and therefore frequently brought by the unprincipled. Notes and Queries, Vol. IV, Number 109, November 29, 1851 A Medium of Inter-communication for Literary Men, Artists, Antiquaries, Genealogists, etc. 2012-03-25T02:00:04.460Z Profligate; dissolute; corrupt; vicious; depraved; reprobate; wicked; unprincipled; graceless; vile. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary 2012-03-24T02:00:23.513Z An evil spirit; a wicked and unprincipled person; the personification of evil. Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (2nd 100 Pages) 2012-03-24T02:00:19.387Z The first is known to all the world as a literary man of great talent, personally a profligate—wealthy, unprincipled, and unscrupulous. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol. 1. No 1, June 1850 2012-03-21T02:00:31.390Z Thus far he was a stranger to suits and courts of law, attempts upon the productions of his mind, and public quarrels with utterly unprincipled men. Life of Beethoven 2012-03-12T03:00:21.693Z What if Jed had been killed, and he was left all alone there in the mountains, with that band of unprincipled men close after him? Two Boy Gold Miners or, Lost in the Mountains 2012-03-12T03:00:19.777Z Would it add either to her attractions or his happiness, to confront her in the arena of political strife, or enable her to bear her part in fierce collision with the bold and unprincipled? Noble Deeds of American Women With Biographical Sketches of Some of the More Prominent 2012-03-10T03:00:13.687Z And with Rick Santorum persisting as a threat as 10 states prepare to vote on Tuesday, Mr. Romney unleashed an ad in Ohio on Thursday mocking him as an unprincipled flip-flopper. Romney Parries Rivals With Negative Ads 2012-03-02T02:22:35Z Besides, in their unprincipled greed, some of the party broke into the store-room and took more than a fair allowance. North-Pole Voyages 2012-03-01T03:00:27.283Z It was folly to say that the nations of Europe are contented, and that it is only a few ambitious and unprincipled individuals who are disturbing the existing tranquillity. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol IV. No. XX. January, 1852. 2012-02-24T03:00:24.390Z The doctor had some Enfield and Whitney rifles in his possession, that he had managed to get of unprincipled Federal soldiers, which he had collected for the benefit of the guerrillas. Four Years A Scout and Spy 2012-02-23T03:00:37.640Z But his unprincipled conduct bars him out here. The Little Colonel at Boarding-School 2012-02-22T03:00:28.473Z It is entirely characteristic of Browning that he should choose perhaps the most unprincipled character in the whole range of Greek mythology as his hero. Browning and His Century 2012-02-15T03:00:39.033Z I do not say it’s quiet reading, because unprincipled people will come headlong and listen when you have got your minstrel started, without paying their subscription. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z He who had been so unprincipled and arrogant, so insolent and overbearing, his cleverness no longer needed, was tossed aside by his employers. My Lords of Strogue Vol. III, (of III) A Chronicle of Ireland, from the Convention to the Union 2012-02-15T03:00:27.667Z Mr. Dunton and his unprincipled followers have set a thing on foot here which is due to grind us all to powder. The Wreckers 2012-02-14T03:00:26.817Z This, we may observe, was one of the heavy charges brought against Provost Hely Hutchinson, of Trinity College, about a century ago, the Provost having had recourse to the unprincipled manœuvre as an electioneering dodge. The Commercial Restraints of Ireland 2012-02-13T03:00:20.483Z At length, the extravagance of his measures, and his unprincipled abuse of power, wrought its own ruin. Norman's New Orleans and Environs Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time 2012-02-13T03:00:18.260Z But there are, I regret to say, a good many unprincipled witch doctors about who will undertake a case cheap. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z Balboa, Pizarro, Pedrarias laid out this town, and set the pace for the wild and unprincipled years that followed. Prowling about Panama 2012-02-11T03:04:04.040Z All manner of unprincipled wickedness was practiced in the private life of the whole population without concealment or shame, and the magistrates were thoroughly and universally corrupt. The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 6 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:04:02.353Z However unprincipled Hutchinson was in his bargainings with the Castle, he was often sound and straight on national and Catholic questions. The Commercial Restraints of Ireland 2012-02-13T03:00:20.483Z A more perfect exemplification of the remark, that the most depraved unprincipled man may gain the confidence and regard of Kings, can scarcely be found. Norman's New Orleans and Environs Containing a Brief Historical Sketch of the Territory and State of Louisiana and the City of New Orleans, from the Earliest Period to the Present Time 2012-02-13T03:00:18.260Z Now, devoted as I am to my West African friends, I am bound in the interests of Truth to say that many of them are sadly unprincipled. West African studies 2012-02-15T03:00:28.537Z She died in a very unsatisfactory frame of mind, anxious to the last to behold her unprincipled husband or Dinah North. The Monctons A Novel: Volume 2 (of 2) 2012-02-11T03:03:50.943Z In another letter, speaking of this same man, Mr. Paine says: "If an unprincipled bully cannot be re- formed, he can be punished." The Works of Robert G. Ingersoll, Vol. 5 (of 12) Dresden Edition?Discussions 2012-02-11T03:03:49.813Z On selling out, Captain Dutton had honorably paid every farthing he owed in the world before intrusting the remainder of his capital to the unprincipled Smith; and now this upright conduct was its own reward. Harper's New Monthly Magazine, Vol III, No 13, 1851 2012-02-10T03:00:15.463Z Such as we have described them were Philip and the sovereign pontiff; the one able, daring, rapacious, ambitious, and unprincipled; the other mean, submissive, and little scrupulous. Secret Societies of the Middle Ages 2012-02-09T03:00:11.637Z Pilate was infirm of purpose, as well as unprincipled. The First Easter 2012-02-07T03:00:10.057Z "I always said that Rodd was an unprincipled, unholy, unmitigated—" "Wait until you hear the end, sir," said the Englishman. The Unpublishable Memoirs 2012-02-03T03:00:18.447Z This act, as a matter of course, opened all the liquor shops of the Hudson’s Bay Company and of all the unprincipled men in the country. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z This was found needful in the days of Charles the Second, after a daring, unprincipled man, named Blood, had attempted to steal the crown and other royal ornaments. City Scenes or a peep into London 2012-01-20T03:00:10.690Z Shortly afterwards an unprincipled attempt was made on Egypt by Amalric, at the suggestion of the Master of the Hospitallers, and Shaver, in his distress, had once more recourse to Noor-ed-deen. Secret Societies of the Middle Ages 2012-02-09T03:00:11.637Z The chronicles recount Don Roderic’s abandoned wickedness, and tell how the invasion of the Moors, instigated by Julian, broke as a thunderclap upon the unprincipled ruler. Legends & Romances of Spain 2012-01-10T03:00:18.593Z No, the jay is not an unprincipled scoundrel, not the bloodthirsty reprobate he is sometimes made out to be. The Unpopular Review, Number 19 July-December 1918 2012-01-09T03:00:24.167Z Thus ended, for a time, the official course of a base and unprincipled man, who seemed only to live and move for selfish ends. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z Oh that they would learn from my fate to shun the fellowship of the unprincipled! Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z Being a bad, unprincipled, and ambitious man, he conspired against his sovereign, caused his assassination, and seized the regal power. Rule of the Monk or, Rome in the Nineteenth Century 2012-01-05T03:00:36.930Z The most unprincipled woman on earth, and one who hates me as much as one human being can hate another. Loaded Dice 2012-01-04T03:00:36.343Z George III. was personally popular; but his weak, unprincipled successor was merely a figurehead. Liberty In The Nineteenth Century 2011-12-24T03:08:02.240Z His influence as a missionary, and as an officer of the government, were alike vile and unprincipled. A History of Oregon, 1792-1849 Drawn From Personal Observation and Authentic Information 2012-01-20T03:00:11.607Z But I was hurried at last into its fulfilment, by one of those casualties which are allowed to decide the most important concerns of the thoughtless and unprincipled. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z The increase was partly arbitrary and unprincipled, partly due to the normally prevailing depreciation of silver. The History of Currency, 1252 to 1896 2011-12-24T03:07:52.717Z Those on the Obama team are not socialists; they are simply unprincipled. The 2012 Election - In Real Time 2011-12-14T13:49:56Z If he would be unprincipled enough to refuse tiresome dinners, however far off, and then to accept pleasant ones, at short notice, it would be worth a great deal. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z Grosseteste realized that the misrule of Henry III. and his unprincipled compact with the papacy largely accounted for the degeneracy of the English hierarchy and the laxity of ecclesiastical discipline. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 5 "Greek Law" to "Ground-Squirrel" 2011-12-05T03:00:51.527Z It is not a pretty face, nor even the noble fortune I then expected, that could bribe Maitland to marry a heartless, unprincipled ——. Discipline 2012-01-08T03:00:17.620Z The rogue he had to deal with was insatiable, unprincipled, and unrelenting. Grit Lawless 2011-12-01T03:00:18.137Z He was gross, coarse, unprincipled, but he had that quality of stubbornly defending what he liked which we often see in the finest of brutes and sometimes in the least fine of men. An Ambitious Woman A Novel 2011-11-23T03:00:54.137Z But most assuredly, now as heretofore, the Men of the Time are, in most cases, unprincipled, and act from motives of interest, of passion, of prejudice cherished and unchecked, of selfish hope or unworthy fear. Letters of Lord Acton To Mary, Daughter of the Right Hon. W. E. Gladstone 2011-12-06T03:00:20.687Z He was no better, in his unprincipled cravings, than a wild beast. Maid of the Mist 2011-11-21T03:00:11.937Z And then, in the most unprincipled fashion, she strolled along the compartments as though she were looking for a form, stopped a moment and looked over the maid's shoulder. The World Masters 2011-11-18T03:00:31.543Z Oratory, with all its pleasing charms becomes an instrument of mischief, when used by an unprincipled man as, when resorted to by a good man, its happy influences almost exceed belief. Memoir of John Howe Peyton in sketches by his contemporaries, together with some of his public and private letters, etc., also a sketch of Ann M. Peyton 2011-11-15T03:00:20.413Z If an immoral tendency has been attributed to the Assemblies of Ḥarírí it is because the author does not conceal his admiration for this unprincipled and thoroughly disreputable scamp. A Literary History of the Arabs 2011-11-13T03:00:15.660Z Gloating over his triumph, the unprincipled adventurer hastened on his publication, becoming daily more insolent in his demands. Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z One bore the sacred name of Washington; a brave but unprincipled man. Incidents of Travel in Greece, Turkey, Russia, and Poland, Vol. I (of 2) 2011-11-01T02:00:22.197Z He was ambitious and self-seeking, but unstable and unprincipled, and, lacking the fine qualities of his brothers, excelled neither in war nor in peace. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 12, Slice 2 "Gloss" to "Gordon, Charles George" 2011-10-31T02:00:28.703Z Unless some unprincipled person had purloined them, there ought to be matches in a watertight box along with the rest of the gear in the after locker. The Wireless Officer 2011-10-24T02:00:17.560Z A great cavalry fight took place, in which the brave but unprincipled brothers were victorious. Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 60, No. 373, November 1846 2011-10-21T02:00:17.417Z The subsequent career of Gates in the South showed him to have been a man of unprincipled character and devoid of real ability, so that the danger to the country was very great. Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z That was the way unprincipled men did when they wanted to humor foolish little dolls of girls. The Enchanted Barn 2011-10-13T02:00:50.933Z But justice to Americans requires me to say, that in this the great mass of the people are without blame—for I cannot call certain leading, unprincipled politicians, the people. Popery! As it Was and as it Is Also, Auricular Confession; And Popish Nunneries 2011-10-12T02:00:50.077Z The affairs of his court are managed by unprincipled, crafty, and licentious men, who thirst for power and patronage. Auricular Confession and Popish Nunneries Volumes I. and II., Complete 2011-10-12T02:00:45.373Z Its ambition is insatiable, its duplicity inscrutible, and its policy and measures are disgraceful and unprincipled. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z Clavico, though unprincipled in character, was clever enough to recognize the qualities of the man with whom he had to deal. Beaumarchais and the War of American Independence 2011-11-11T03:00:25.690Z That the unrighteous and unprincipled should enjoy temporal happiness, does not offend the law of justice. Creed And Deed A Series of Discourses 2011-10-12T02:00:40.147Z Popularization of blood pressure has brought its crop of evils, no one of which has been as fruitful in dollars to unprincipled quacks as hypertension. Arteriosclerosis and Hypertension: with Chapters on Blood Pressure, 3rd Edition. 2011-10-11T02:01:07.890Z You will remember that in my last letter I spoke to you of a party of unprincipled knaves who were invading my apartment. Of All Things 2011-10-09T02:00:26.957Z Animated by a crafty and unprincipled zeal for the emolument of their order, they established mission-houses among savage nations, under the pretext of civilizing them and saving their souls. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z The republic was, in fact, the sport of a set of unprincipled men, who were trying, by every artifice and crime, to get to the head of it. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z Gore was handed down, many Supreme Court-watchers attacked it as wildly wrong on the law and as an unprincipled power grab. John Paul Stevens publishes Supreme Court memoir 2011-10-03T16:25:00Z A party was sent in search for the runaway and upon his capture he was subjected to most brutal treatment, and at last fell a victim to the unprincipled ambition of the Dictator. The Katipunan or The Rise and Fall of the Filipino Commune 2011-10-03T02:00:24.600Z We are well aware that the Tories were lavish in their rewards to obsequious political writers, and that needy, unprincipled, and aspiring persons, to receive the infection, were always at hand. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume II (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:34.837Z A body of the most corrupt, unprincipled, and licentious priests that ever disgraced the name of religion. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z Having secured all the profits that were likely to accrue from his unprincipled career, he left to others the difficult work of sustaining the results of his policy. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z I argue, that which was unconstitutional and unprincipled in William the Third is equally dangerous and unconstitutional in George the Fourth! Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:31.450Z The principal reason assigned weighs heavy on the wrestlers themselves: it is no less than glaring collusion, engendered by unprincipled betting men. Wrestling and Wrestlers: Biographical Sketches of Celebrated Athletes of the Northern Ring; to Which is Added Notes on Bull and Badger Baiting 2011-09-30T02:00:19.420Z Daisy McDonald is her name, and she lives in Indianapolis, where her father is a poor lawyer, and as I have heard, a scheming, unprincipled man. Daisy Thornton 2011-09-19T02:00:12.793Z Such self-accursed, self-outlawed bigots, in conjunction with unprincipled demagogues and political aspiring judges, are to-day laboring to incorporate in the national constitution the fanaticism of the Church Union and of the Methodist Home Journal. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z It is the policy of a tyrant to destroy all power but his own; and the destruction of legal authority is always favourable to those who are playing the game of unprincipled ambition. The Comic History of Rome 2011-10-09T02:00:24.507Z The only patriotic members, the Dukes of Kent and Sussex, appeared much wrought upon by the specious and abominable fabrication brought forward by these unprincipled, time-serving, and heartless enemies of Caroline. Secret History of the Court of England, from the Accession of George the Third to the Death of George the Fourth, Volume I (of 2) Including, Among Other Important Matters, Full Particulars of the Mysterious Death of the Princess Charlotte 2011-10-01T02:00:31.450Z Without using his name, Pitt accused inspector general H. David Kotz of taking an “unprincipled approach.” Former SEC head opposes new regulations 2011-09-15T15:58:22Z But I think it highly probable that the egg in question was stained by some unprincipled person, to cause it to look like that of the favourite Cochin. Aileen Aroon, A Memoir With other Tales of Faithful Friends and Favourites 2011-09-08T02:00:20.773Z Their success naturally excited the jealousy of the secular merchants; and as they were generally regarded as destitute of commercial honor, and unprincipled in their ambition, a formidable opposition was easily fomented against them. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z A careless manner, a slovenly habit, an unprincipled mode of acting, on the part of the Christian, is a serious damage to the cause of Christ, and a dishonor to His holy name. The Assembly of God Miscellaneous Writings of C. H. Mackintosh, volume III 2011-09-01T02:00:17.707Z We must not be too contemptuous of this unprincipled Indian spirit. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z Upon which she screamed in terror; and young Elphinstone springing over the hedge, seized the unprincipled libertine by the collar, and dashed him to the ground. Wilson's Tales of the Borders and of Scotland, Vol. XX 2011-08-27T02:00:23.817Z You are an ungrateful, unprincipled, shameless young man, and are no more worthy of the affection and the interest I've been fool enough to waste on you than a tom-cat. Cecil Castlemaine's Gage, Lady Marabout's Troubles, and Other Stories 2011-08-25T02:00:30.323Z In ambition unprincipled, in cruelty inexorable, in dissoluteness cold and calculating; the annals of history scarcely furnish an equal compound of moral deformity. Monks, Popes, and their Political Intrigues 2011-10-12T02:00:43.383Z It came to my knowledge that she had become the prey of an unprincipled Eastern rascal. No title 2011-08-23T02:00:29.833Z To provide for safety and comfort and against danger and mischief they took particular pains in their laws to prevent inns from being kept by unprincipled or worthless men. Stage-coach and Tavern Days 2011-08-31T02:01:27.587Z To detractors, the billionaire was as wily as he was unprincipled, cultivating corruption that seems to infuse almost every aspect of public life in Lebanon. Indictment in Hariri Assassination Is Published 2011-08-17T11:17:41Z Had he been caught He would no doubt have been regarded By the sportsmen of his day With the same contempt That you yourself indulge For the unprincipled blackguard, Sir, Who shoots foxes. Outlook Odes 2011-08-16T02:00:47.257Z “It was Karl Rove’s style of Machiavellian, unprincipled realpolitik that destroyed the Republican brand.” In book, ex-candidate Christine O?Donnell addresses ?I am not a witch? ad, faults GOP foes 2011-08-12T01:45:05Z Because the boy is as unprincipled a villain as yourself, and as for your daughter, when she found that I did not court her favor, she at once turned against me. No title 2011-08-23T02:00:29.833Z Many heedless and unprincipled individuals sell them intoxicants, to obtain which these Indians will part with anything they possess, after they have once become familiar with the taste and effect of the captivating poison. Equatorial America Descriptive of a Visit to St. Thomas, Martinique, Barbadoes, and the Principal Capitals of South America 2011-08-05T02:00:46.387Z Not many had the clear-headed judgment, or, indeed, sufficient acquaintance with Sanecki himself, to temper their surprise, seeing he was as unprincipled as he was clever. For the Right 2011-08-01T02:00:10.250Z Could it be that the Dean, in his carelessness, had left a letter on the subject lying about, and that Cécile had been unprincipled enough to read the contents? A Girl in Spring-Time 2011-07-29T02:00:31.493Z Our new friends are in danger, for there can be no telling to what extremes such unprincipled scoundrels might go, once they started. Camp Fires of the Wolf Patrol 2011-07-26T02:00:18.713Z Both of them firmly believed in a personal devil; and Temple Freke, with his extravagance, his vices, his unprincipled behavior, stood for Satan himself. Throckmorton 2011-07-25T02:00:15.900Z But in this half-natured, half-trained, doubtfully-conditioned state of society, though the generous would be incited to noble deeds, the sordid would lay their vulture claws on the world, and the unprincipled victimise their fellows. A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning 2011-07-22T02:00:18.543Z But shall I become unprincipled because I have been thoughtless? A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z Looking back upon her, with manhood's enlightened judgment, I think she was an unprincipled old woman, who traded on our weaknesses. Humorous Readings and Recitations In prose and verse 2011-07-20T02:00:16.323Z Antipas, called also Herod, was appointed ruler over Galilee and Per�a; a cunning, unprincipled man, nicknamed "the fox;" despotic and wilful, like his father, and like his father, fond of display. The Cradle of the Christ A Study in Primitive Christianity 2011-07-19T02:00:18.297Z And yet he trembled when he thought of misfortune approaching her, and was almost as anxious as Frank about the presence in her house of the hypocritical and unprincipled Huckins. Cynthia Wakeham's Money 2011-07-18T02:00:24.717Z “The thought of her being in the power of this unprincipled man is more than I can bear.” One Maid's Mischief 2011-07-15T02:00:22.283Z Your intellectual development, as you have described it to me, excuses your relations with Ottmar, and your pathetic submission to this unprincipled man. A Twofold Life 2011-07-21T02:00:21.433Z The punishment too severe for this unprincipled man is yet to be devised. Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. 2011-07-13T02:00:14.230Z The girl's father was a disreputable horse-and-turf-tout and betting man in a small way in a distant county; the girl herself the worthy offspring of such a father—handsome, bold, unprincipled. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z Strip it of its courtly paraphernalia and you often find this Diplomacy to be a lying, intriguing, cheating, and unprincipled rascal, that every honest man ought to shun. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z “That is a very earthly view to take of it, you unprincipled boy?” was the laughing reply. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z But for your unprincipled shindy I could have done a good hour’s more snooze with all the pleasure in life. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z Heroine of domestic drama pursued by the unprincipled villain is about to cast herself headlong from a tremendous precipice! Mr. Punch at the Play Humours of Music and the Drama 2011-06-29T02:00:22.990Z She is deceiving you, and worse even than being the dupe of a heartless and unprincipled woman may happen to you. Nevermore 2011-07-08T02:00:23.973Z This unprincipled language horrified the Buccaneer, who having long since become wealthy, could now afford to be honest, virtuous, and respectable. The Life of a Celebrated Buccaneer A Page of Past History for the Use of the Children of To-day 2011-07-06T02:00:45.180Z Yes, sir, an unprincipled scoundrel,” he added, rolling the words, in his delight at having hit upon a good, sounding, double-barrelled epithet. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z The man was worthless to the core, selfish, dissipated, and unprincipled, but he was fascinating both in manner and appearance; and Lilian, at any rate, fancied him genuine. The Fire Trumpet A Romance of the Cape Frontier 2011-07-05T02:00:23.353Z They are on the whole a degenerate and thoroughly unprincipled race, particularly in Marioupol, the traders of which enrich themselves by robbing the agriculturists, who are forced to sell them their produce. Travels in the Steppes of the Caspian Sea, the Crimea, the Caucasus, &c. 2011-06-25T02:00:14.203Z Henry V. was cold, stern, heartless and unprincipled; but he inspired a wholesome fear among his princely "vassals," and kept them in better order than his father had done. A History of Germany From the Earliest Times to the Present Day 2011-06-22T02:00:21.157Z Samuels that, however unprincipled he may have been, he was no dissembler, but outspoken in his sentiments, however repellant they may have been to the moral sense of the community. Fifty Years In The Northwest With An Introduction And Appendix Containing Reminiscences, Incidents And Notes 2011-06-13T02:00:27.317Z Whatever—ar—you may see fit to call it, I look upon this—ar—outrageous trifling with my daughter’s feelings as the act of an unprincipled scoundrel. Fordham's Feud 2011-07-05T02:00:31.267Z Again my thoughts fell back on the widow; what unprincipled work was she doing here? Wives and Widows; or The Broken Life 2011-06-12T02:00:07.963Z But his mother, being quite determined and unprincipled, paid the girl a visit, and contrived to make the interview so completely insulting that the rupture resulted immediately. The Salamander 2011-06-10T02:00:22.890Z He well knew the wiles of some of the unprincipled men of New York. Two Boys of the Battleship or For the Honor of Uncle Sam 2011-06-07T02:00:13.313Z And there are unprincipled poachers setting snares for the pretty game they hope to destroy. Piccadilly A Fragment of Contemporary Biography 2011-06-02T02:00:21.050Z Dr. Doran thus writes her epitaph: "Her married life had been unhappy, and every day of it was a disgrace to her profligate, unprincipled, and good-tempered husband." The Impeachment of The House of Brunswick 2011-05-31T02:00:34.353Z Men of dreadful visage; women who gave me my first bath; unprincipled journalists—all of them come and talk hot air until I get rid of them by swooning. Men, Women and Guns 2011-05-27T02:00:17.367Z And did not the Delegate and the Chief Justice say that Dr. McLoughlin was so dangerous and unprincipled a man as not be entitled to his land claim? Dr. John McLoughlin, the Father of Oregon 2011-05-20T02:00:38.647Z She would not be at the mercy of every schemer, every speculator, every unprincipled, unscrupulous manikin, who knows no better use for angels than to wash the dishes. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z When his money was at an end, these unprincipled friends began to look cold upon him, and at last plainly told him—'If you mean to live with us, you must live as we do.' The Parent's Assistant Stories for Children 2011-05-18T02:00:12.733Z He thought Burr an unprincipled and dangerous fellow, and he said so plainly. From the Easy Chair, series 3 2011-05-14T02:00:12.237Z So saying, Alred buttoned up his doublet, buckled on his sword, and, with the rakish air of an unprincipled Norman gallant, he swaggered off to the tent of Ethel. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z Every young woman ought to know the state of her own heart; and yet the happiness and future prospects of many an excellent man have been sacrificed by such unprincipled conduct. Martine's Hand-book of Etiquette, and Guide to True Politeness 2011-05-08T02:00:05.770Z The man’s blame is most often one of aggression, of the first provocation, of unprincipled and heartless behavior, of cruel disappointing and thwarting, of a giant’s strength used giantly. A New Atmosphere 2011-05-20T02:00:35.903Z The young warrior and his fair bride, the wily Italian and the supercilious and unprincipled Count de Meyrand, are no longer before us. Corse de Leon, Volume I (of 2) or, The Brigand; a Romance 2011-05-07T02:00:29.347Z Two or three acquaintances became surety for the debt to the unprincipled landlord, and the pale, slender artist hastened toward Chillicothe with but a sixpence in his pocket. Lives of Poor Boys Who Became Famous 2011-04-26T02:00:23.677Z It is needless to say that this unprincipled act alienated finally the small remnant of Saxons who hitherto had hoped to see Edgar occupy the throne, last filled by the valorous Harold. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z By acts of parliament fraudulently obtained, by the violence and influence of two most corrupt and unprincipled sovereigns—Henry VIII. and Elizabeth. The Irish Ecclesiastical Record, Volume 1, January 1865 2011-04-19T02:00:18.103Z The magistrate said, it appeared that the collegian, by this unprincipled trick, had "killed two birds with one stone,"—he had rid himself of his creditor and his mistress at once. Mornings at Bow Street A Selection of the Most Humorous and Entertaining Reports which Have Appeared in the 'Morning Herald' 2011-04-08T02:00:09.863Z An amoral, cowardly, unprincipled genius is likely to make worse decisions than a stalwart, principled, moral person of average intelligence. Citizenship duties 2011-04-02T16:03:00Z It affords small scope, place or encouragement for the unprincipled, corrupt, supremely selfish, proud, ambitious, miserly, sordid, quarrelsome, brutal, violent, lawless, fickle, high-flying, loaferish, idle, vicious, envious and mischief-making. History of American Socialisms 2011-03-28T02:00:20.967Z In tones fierce and rancorous, he told her the story of Oswald's secret and unprincipled love—as he considered it—for the fair Norman. The Last of the Vikings 2011-05-09T02:00:04.200Z Always restless, often unprincipled, he heaped up his millions, seeming fairly to conjure money out of other men's pockets. 'Gloria Victis!' A Romance 2011-03-26T02:00:13.597Z Every one knows we allude to The Times—a journal whose name has for some time past been everywhere regarded as synonymous with all that is unprincipled and ungenerous. Mayne Reid A Memoir of his Life 2011-03-23T02:00:25.120Z In the neighborhood there lived a female sub-agent called Meg, as base and unprincipled as himself. McClure's Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 3, August, 1893 2011-03-20T02:00:35.193Z Did not the great Cicero defy public opinion when he stood before Pompey in defense of Milo, who had been indicted for the murder of the unprincipled Clodius? The Funny Philosophers Wags and Sweethearts 2011-03-19T02:00:11.277Z I respect Williams for his highly principled approach to an increasingly unprincipled profession. Gary Williams is Maryland basketball, like it or not 2011-03-09T21:03:58Z Only the unprincipled woman who cures her nausea by a fresh passion can permit herself such indulgence. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z Harper, as unprincipled in devising schemes of fraud as he was skilful in carrying them out, had in this forged codicil attempted to achieve a double purpose. The Haunted Room A Tale 2011-03-10T03:00:46.157Z He was an unprincipled man, and once he coveted anything he tried all in his power to possess it. Settling Day 2011-03-08T03:00:36.623Z Violent and unprincipled as he certainly was, the peculiar dissolute caddishness implied in the anecdotes is probably a misrepresentation of the kind that arises so easily against a man who has no friends. Euripedes and His Age 2011-03-05T03:00:26.617Z If he had called her unprincipled, devilish, odious, cruel, she could have forgiven him; but "silly!"--that word she never can forgive; it makes her heart burn and smart as salt irritates an open wound. 'O Thou, My Austria!' 2011-03-04T03:01:01.630Z It was odious, unprincipled, criminal, to take advantage of the enthusiasm of this inexperienced young creature, to drag her down to probable--nay, to certain--misery. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z It was only one of the thousand falsehoods propagated by the truculent scribblers of this unprincipled journal; and for which they may some day be called to account. Lost Lenore The Adventures of a Rolling Stone 2011-03-03T03:00:50.847Z I really believe that women never wholly repudiate admiration," continued Mr. Neuchamp, reflectively, "however unprincipled and abandoned the 'first robber' may be. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z The tradition represents him to have been a man of violent character, a hard drinker, and altogether a most unprincipled and unamiable person, though an excellent tailor. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z After a hurried and mysterious consultation with six others equally unprincipled as himself, they proceeded together into the outer court-yard. The Highlands of Ethiopia 2011-02-25T03:01:07.193Z It was in such bad taste: it was absolutely unprincipled: the old Countess, in her senseless vanity, was doing the child a positive injury. Countess Erika's Apprenticeship 2011-03-10T03:00:46.973Z One of them seems to be a total and unprincipled indifference to the available supply of oxygen. The Strength of the Pines 2011-02-25T03:01:03.770Z There can be no doubt but that Mr. Hayston is a shrewd, unprincipled man, who has committed acts of violence towards the natives, and been guilty of unjustifiable acts towards other persons. A Modern Buccaneer 2011-03-02T03:00:23.990Z But there was little danger of the French republic deteriorating, for it was about as weak and unprincipled as it could be in its very inception. My Unknown Chum 2011-03-01T03:00:38.307Z Harley tells me you have cause for some alarm respecting the designs of an audacious and unprincipled—adventurer, I may call him; for adventurers are of all ranks. The International Monthly, Volume 5, No. 4, April, 1852 2011-02-23T03:00:33.760Z Simply because she lavished her money, when she had any, in vain paraphernalia, and gave large sums, as backshish, to unprincipled men, who had no sooner spent the money, than they forgot the patroness. The Thistle and the Cedar of Lebanon 2011-02-20T03:00:13.767Z The world has scores, thousands, of unprincipled dogs, who, when their own interests are served, are tolerably indifferent about the rest of humanity. Sir Brook Fossbrooke, Volume II. 2011-02-18T03:00:19.343Z Jamaat-e-Islami, a religious and political party capable of organizing large protests, accused the United States of exerting "unprincipled and unlawful" pressure on Pakistan. Pakistan Islamists warn of protests if U.S. prisoner freed 2011-02-15T06:42:00Z The soldiers just then had particularly strict orders to immediately arrest all suspicious characters seen about the fort, because many unprincipled actions had latterly been committed by members of the loafer fraternity. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z She married much too young—only eighteen now, and with a cold-hearted and, I fear, unprincipled and neglectful husband. The Home Mission 2011-02-12T03:00:30.217Z It's very self-interested -- and unprincipled -- advocacy: they suddenly discover their distrust of government power and belief in liberty only when they perceive that their own interests are endangered. The Tea Party and civil liberties 2011-02-09T10:10:00Z In the first place, we know that she is a hard, unprincipled woman, or she would never have consented to aid my cousin in depriving his unfortunate wife of her liberty. Who? 2011-02-09T03:00:47.380Z She was better educated than her husband, and emphatically more sensible; and she could not help seeing that Titus was frittering away his opportunities, drinking too much whiskey, and associating with reckless and unprincipled characters. Brother Against Brother The War on the Border 2011-02-09T03:00:46.430Z Therefore the smallest unprincipled action perpetrated in Garry during these days, immediately subsequent to the Rebellion, seriously endangered personal freedom of action. Menotah A Tale of the Riel Rebellion 2011-02-14T03:00:35.553Z Troy is chiefly defended by the barbarian Ares, the oriental Aphrodite, by its own rivers Scamander and Simoïs and suchlike inferior or unprincipled gods. The Trojan Women of Euripedes 2011-02-06T03:01:03.557Z Such is one who professes universal toleration, although no person would be more pained at being thought an unprincipled man. The New Irish Constitution 2011-02-06T03:00:57.247Z This unprincipled adventurer, even before Catherine’s death in September 1548, paid indelicate attentions to Elizabeth. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 9, Slice 3 "Electrostatics" to "Engis" 2011-02-06T03:00:53.093Z Shyster is a derogatory term used to describe an unprincipled lawyer or politician. Chrysler chief apologizes for using term "shyster" 2011-02-05T20:40:52Z "I want to pay back the shyster loans," Sergio Marchionne said at an industry conference, using a derogatory term for an unprincipled lawyer or politician. Chrysler must shed "shyster" bailout loans: CEO 2011-02-04T22:40:00Z The dupe is, in these cases, just as unprincipled as his betrayer, and their negotiation is simply a game of skill, in which Israel is not always the winner. The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II) 2011-02-04T03:00:20.520Z Essay on Hallam's Constitutional History," that the reformers were: "A king whose character may be described best by saying that he was despotism itself personified; unprincipled ministers; a rapacious aristocracy; a servile parliament. The Century of Columbus 2011-01-29T03:00:17.380Z In consequence of the message of Geoffery, as conveyed by his unprincipled tool, Mr. Fips, together with the reports already in circulation, the coroner felt it his duty to visit Arden in his official capacity. Dilemmas of Pride, (Vol 3 of 3) 2011-01-26T03:00:26.590Z We shall not attempt to deny that Downy has an unprincipled relative. The Woodpeckers 2011-01-26T03:00:25.210Z We were, of course, unprincipled enough to use for our own benefit the documents issued against us. Vineta The Phantom City 2011-01-21T03:00:10.377Z Would he lend his authority to this unprincipled imposture upon Posterity? Pierre; or The Ambiguities 2011-01-17T03:00:45.163Z The present Frau Councillor had been both unprincipled and foolish: unprincipled in forgetting what was due to her noble descent, and foolish in forgetting what was due to herself. Quicksands 2011-01-15T03:00:33.213Z A reckless and unprincipled tyrant has invaded your soil. The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z He remained personally what he had always been—imperious, laborious, unprincipled; but, on the other hand, kindly, generous, sensitive to the popular movements. The Life of Napoleon Bonaparte Vol. IV. (of IV.) 2011-01-05T03:00:52.520Z As a rule, it requires an unscrupulous and unprincipled man to succeed in politics in America. Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z Russia at first refused, and if this difficult situation had not been the direct result of their own unprincipled conduct, the British Government would have had a very good excuse for war. A Short History of English Liberalism 2010-12-22T15:03:38.007Z That style leaves Obama open to criticism that he’s vague and unprincipled. Obama’s History of Compromise Brought Him to Tax-Cut Deal 2010-12-22T13:24:52Z Then came the negotiations between Charleston and Washington,—the demands upon Buchanan, the shuffling and indecision of the two-faced, unprincipled politician, who had written himself down as an "Old Public Functionary." The Boys of '61 or, Four Years of Fighting, Personal Observations with the Army and Navy 2011-01-05T03:00:55.123Z His judgment and eloquence had secured the respect of the old; his vices made him the idol of the young and the unprincipled. Red Eagle and the Wars With the Creek Indians of Alabama. 2010-12-20T17:12:28.183Z This was the “mess of pottage” for which so many unprincipled Southern men, in the Federal Navy, sold their “birthright.” Memoirs of Service Afloat, During the War Between the States 2011-01-04T03:01:01.887Z I could have got her to take you to Monsieur Pontet's, and your drives, and to shop—and—she must be a most unprincipled person. Willing to Die 2010-12-20T17:12:00.040Z Then again, Palin confessed to me a tendency to avoid longtime political operatives — “these unprincipled people who are in it for power, money and job titles.” The Palin Network 2010-11-18T18:34:00Z Treating his opponents as unprincipled chuckleheads makes it less likely that Obama will get what he wants and more likely that voters will be turned off by contemptuous rhetoric. Obama Shows Annoyance at Republicans Over Tax Proposals 2010-09-16T18:25:00Z He now leads the campaign against Mr. Rosselli and his team and calls them “fundamentally dishonest and unprincipled.” Union Battle in California Threatens S.E.I.U. 2010-09-14T05:20:00Z What can outsiders say about a world which, being unprincipled and unaccountable, organised for the short term and driven by the ambitious greed of one individual has so much to teach public service? Does the coalition really need this foul-mouthed tycoon? 2010-08-21T23:05:00Z But accepting the outcome did not lessen his conviction that the decision was unprincipled and driven by bias. Taking the Gay-Marriage Case to the Supreme Court 2010-08-09T08:30:00Z His party knows from previous campaigns how speculation about demands for ministerial posts can make a party look grasping and unprincipled. News Analysis: What Are the Odds of a British Coalition? 2010-04-22T23:02:00Z It's becoming increasingly hard to find the words that adequately express the level of disgust most people must feel towards these greedy and unprincipled so-called representatives of the people. Letters: Making a mockery of public morality 2010-03-24T00:05:00Z In the end, a vicious, unprincipled fear offensive failed to block reform. Healthcare reform is a victory for the soul of America | Paul Krugman 2010-03-22T21:30:00Z There are fewer drawbacks to another Papandreou strategy, his vilification of what he calls "unprincipled speculators." Greece's Weakness Is Its Strength 2010-03-11T16:00:00Z Conservatives who bashed liberal judges for "legislating from the bench" and disrespecting precedent are now exposed as unprincipled poseurs. 2010-01-23T00:09:00Z He has been most abundantly abused in America and by Whigs in England as an unprincipled office-seeker and a shallow orator, with no other talent than that of invective. The True Benjamin Franklin These came with the opening of the country and the advent of peddlers and unprincipled traders. Canadian Wilds Tells About the Hudson's Bay Company, Northern Indians and Their Modes of Hunting, Trapping, Etc. It seems to me that that artificial glaze covers much that is gross, and unprincipled, and relentless. By Birth a Lady I will not have her head filled full of wicked nonsense by so unprincipled a young man.” Lady Maude's Mania Our duty to the whole, including the unborn generations, bids us restrain an unprincipled present-day minority from wasting the heritage of these unborn generations. A Book-Lover's Holidays in the Open The unprincipled and unfeeling and unnatural inhabitants of Staten Island are cordially receiving the enemy, and, deserters say, have engaged to take arms. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams It was a cruel thing to think of doing, but Lem was an unprincipled fellow who cared little who suffered as long as he got his revenge. Left on the Prairie There I stood in the gallery, with only a sort of custodian and a couple of art-students about, laughing up at this well-dressed, showy, unprincipled Irishman as if we were quite friends! Miss Million's Maid A Romance of Love and Fortune You believe you have betrayed a solemn secret of the Government to that unprincipled money-lender. The Cabinet Minister A farce in four acts "And," continued Bella, a third time, "I dare say she will find some means to put a stop to this absurd friendship with an unmarried and unprincipled man." Beatrice Boville and Other Stories These two unprincipled men are the more detestable because they were in the opposition at home, their connections, friendships, and interest lay with the opposition; to the opposition they owed their rise, promotion, and importance. Familiar Letters of John Adams and His Wife Abigail Adams During the Revolution with a Memoir of Mrs. Adams And besides being a perfect, unprincipled coward, he is utterly without pride. The Voice of the Pack It is evidently folly to imagine, that a large body of men, connected with the public by a thousand links, surrounded by jealous enemies, could possibly be a band of unprincipled knaves, impostors, and miscreants. The New Conspiracy Against the Jesuits Detected and Briefly Exposed with a short account of their institute; and observations on the danger of systems of education independent of religion Wild, unprincipled, unstable as water, he entangled himself in all sorts of intrigues, gambled, and finally fell into embarrassment. Glories of Spain To hear herself called a dragon, and by a pair of unprincipled adventurers! The Gay Adventure A Romance You will have heard that he was an unprincipled man, and that I did very wrong to marry him. The Patriot Piccolo Mondo Antico You had not an indignant word for the unutterable meanness of those three leaders, who were immoral and unprincipled enough to invest a notorious villain with office and honors. The Progressionists, and Angela. Though I have proved Laicus and his associates to be unprincipled impostors, I have said nothing of them and their assertions, but what every man of virtue and information knows to be true. The New Conspiracy Against the Jesuits Detected and Briefly Exposed with a short account of their institute; and observations on the danger of systems of education independent of religion They described him as being of a just and generous nature, whilst they represented the Shah as being cruel and unprincipled. Scenes and Adventures in Affghanistan In this, unfortunately, he is too often encouraged by a host of unprincipled politicians, who, not wishing to earn a livelihood by fair means, are eternally plotting against the powers that be. With the World's Great Travellers, Volume 2 "Lady Kilgoff," said he, slowly, "does not need any aid to appreciate him; she reads him thoroughly, the heartless, selfish, unprincipled spendthrift that he is." Roland Cashel Volume II (of II) Thus that tendency that calls itself free and enlightened deified a man--Voltaire, the most trifling scoffer, the most unprincipled, basest man of Christendom. The Progressionists, and Angela. From this dense ignorant multitude of human beings proceed most of the crimes of the community; these are the tools of unprincipled politicians; these form "the dangerous classes" of the city. The Dangerous Classes of New York And Twenty Years' Work Among Them Hamilton answered that the statements of Dodge were mutual, and that the latter was "an unprincipled and perjured renegade." Narrative of Mr. John Dodge during his Captivity at Detroit Perhaps we are tempted to think Pilate’s fate severe; we naturally sympathise with him; there are so many traits of character which show well when contrasted with the unprincipled violence of the Jews. The Expositor's Bible: The Gospel of St John, Vol. II He got into the hands of an unprincipled man, much older than himself, who is, in fact, a relative of mine, and I did what I could to get him out of his clutches. Under the Mendips A Tale Her conduct became a matter of scandal to the whole ship, and Mr. Collins complained of his brother-in-law's unprincipled behaviour in no measured terms. Flora Lyndsay or, Passages in an Eventful Life Vol. II. Annele railed violently at those unprincipled men, who could deceive by giving base money. Joseph in the Snow, and The Clockmaker In Three Volumes. Vol. II. But before Hernando reached Peru, one of his company carried thither to Almagro the news of his promotion; and this prosperity at once turned the head of the coarse and unprincipled soldier. The Spanish Pioneers At first a court favourite, the bishop came at length to the belief that the evils of the time arose from the unprincipled alliance of crown and papacy. Encyclopaedia Britannica, 11th Edition, Volume 5, Slice 2 "Camorra" to "Cape Colony" Sir Sydney also issued a proclamation to the Druses, and other Christian tribes of Syria, urging them to trust to the faith of a “Christian knight,” rather than to that of an “unprincipled renegado.” Harper's New Monthly Magazine, February, 1852 Now, this Miss Thorne has been trusted to a great extent by Mr Lambent and it seems shocking to find one so young behaving in an unprincipled manner.” The New Mistress A Tale He was a great mixture, this unprincipled man of the world. Renshaw Fanning's Quest A Tale of the High Veldt It was a horrible face, hiding beneath a stereotyped smile the marks of a cruel, unprincipled soul. Lady Cassandra His patient must have been shot down while defending his sister from some insult offered by the clever, overbearing, unprincipled scoundrel who seemed to lord it over all. Blind Policy How are the ignorant and uneducated to be furnished with legislative capacity, or the poor or unprincipled armed against the seductions of bribery? The Picturesque Antiquities of Spain Described in a series of letters, with illustrations representing Moorish palaces, cathedrals, and other monuments of art, contained in the cities of Burgos, Valladolid, Toledo, and Seville. Violent, headstrong, selfish, unprincipled, he has always been the same. The Great Keinplatz Experiment and Other Tales of Twilight and the Unseen It contains the fool of quality—the Beotian squire—the needy adventurer—the unprincipled charlatan; but these men do not rule it—do not form its opinion—do not have much influence in it. Here and There in London The old man had been selling out shares, and reinvesting under the advice of some unprincipled scoundrel. Lady Cassandra When once the Chinese has got hold of the Tartar, he employs over him all the resources of the skilful and utterly unprincipled knavery of the Chinese character. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] Meanwhile the almost unprincipled vacillation of M. Rouvier and his spineless policy caused increased dissatisfaction to the Chamber. A History of the Third French Republic Burk, in his History of Virginia, has stigmatized Clayborne as "an unprincipled incendiary" and "execrable villain;" other writers have applied similar epithets to him. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia But this was the occasional deviation of an honourable man, not the fixed mental habit of an unprincipled one. The Life of William Ewart Gladstone (Vol 2 of 3) I can lead you the best and rarest dance of any; for I am the strong capricious one, the lord of misrule, and I alone am irresponsible and unprincipled, and obey no law.' The Golden Age In the ordinary course of things, they are everywhere, and always, and in every way, the dupes of their neighbours who by dint of cunning and unprincipled machinations, reduce them to poverty. Travels in Tartary, Thibet, and China During the years 1844-5-6. Volume 1 [of 2] A young, brilliant, and popular though unprincipled officer, he soon devoted himself to demagogy and put himself at the head of the jingoes who called Ferry the slave of Bismarck. A History of the Third French Republic The Indian troubles, by which the frontier of Virginia had of late years suffered so much, the governor attributed mainly to the clandestine trade carried on with them by unprincipled men. History of the Colony and Ancient Dominion of Virginia The private secretary dockets: “Wishes you a blessed new year; but goes on in a very impertinent strain attributing your ‘inaction’ in Ireland to unprincipled colleagues, and to want of heavenly guidance. 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