<!-- bryant-content-generator:start --> # Principles matter most when they are strong enough... > Principles matter most when they are strong enough to be used against the people who first proclaimed them. **Source:** [[articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]], [[working/authorship-west-extraction-markup-20260922/postimages/articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]], [[working/authorship-west-extraction-markup-20260922/preimages/articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]], [[working/authorship-west-reminder-links-repair-20260922/postimages/articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]], [[working/authorship-west-reminder-links-repair-20260922/preimages/articles/war with empire/Authorship of the West|Authorship of the West]] ## Share on Social Media ``` “Principles matter most when they are strong enough to be used against the people who first proclaimed them.” — Bryant McGill https://bryantmcgill.com/quotes/quotes-principles-matter-most-who-first-proclaimed ``` <!-- bryant-content-generator:end -->