Why do we appear to have abandoned that cardinal principle?

In every one of these business ventures, gis cardinal principle was contribution to a healthier society.

One of the controversial but cardinal principles of the school was its active promotion of co-education.

But when the party and the government determined that the strictures of the four cardinal principles had been stretched beyond tolerable limits, they did not hesitate to restrict intellectual expression.

In stating the four cardinal principles, the implication was that these four topics could not be questioned, but political ideas other than those in the list could be debated.