It depends on if your principles actually require you to take action, or just talk.
If you principles dictate you actually do something as opposed to just make noise, then yes, it could be principle.
If you principles dictate you actually do something as opposed to just make noise, then yes, it could be principle.
Tell you what...why don't you google FORMER Senator Rick Santorum, and with a few hours of diligent study, you may understand how truly clueless your comment sounds.