When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of putting it into practice.


Earliest attribution found in: The Reader's Digest, Volume 121, Issue 2 (The Reader's Digest Association, 1982), p. 216

Otto von Bismarck Quotes

When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of putting it into practice.

When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of putting it into practice.

When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of putting it into practice.

When a man says he approves of something in principle, it means he hasn't the slightest intention of putting it into practice.