But all he really has is a "statement of principles" whose details will be worked out over 90 days.

It is no longer enough to simply make a statement of principles and requirements.

I would hope that you adhere to the above statement of principles.

"I guarantee this is one statement of principles you'll never forget."

Owing to this, there is no one official statement of principles.

Yet it turned out not to be a real plan at all - just a skimpy statement of principles.

The agreement is more a statement of principles than a concrete action plan.

The group recently sent the Legislature and governor a 15-point statement of principles on immigration reform.

And if they succeed in producing a statement of principles, he said, "they're just not going to do anything wonderful."

Syria and Israel have been trying to draw up a statement of principles for a peace settlement.