It is a cardinal principle of good investigation that you don't ask people to investigate themselves.
The cardinal principle in the mortgage crisis is a very old one.
This cannot be overemphasized, however, in that respect for life is a cardinal principle of English law.
It is a cardinal principle of free determination that independent states have the right to determine their spending priorities.
It is a cardinal principle of love and war that you don't start anything you can't finish.
One of his cardinal principles was to give the performer wide leeway.
This motivated the government to incorporate a cardinal principle on social justice in the 1935 Constitution.
"That's really been a cardinal principle of our site selection," he said.
And since this is our driving force, we lay strong emphasis on the few following cardinal principles.
Freedom is one of the cardinal principles on which this House is based.