Protection is not a principle but an expedient

Free trade is not a principle, it is an expedient.

— Benjamin Disraeli

I will not stagger from expedient to expedient.

— Margaret Thatcher

When men live as if there were no God, it becomes expedient for them that there should be none.

— John Tillotson

There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the labor of thinking.

— Anonymous

“It may be expedient to take stock of all the affecting pieces that might shatter in the wake of an emotional earthquake, once red…

— Erik Pevernagie

Why do we have a brain in the first place? Not to write books, articles, or plays; not to do science or play music.…

— Antonio Damasio

“There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking.” With”

— Robert B. Cialdini

Dictatorships do cut down on rape, and pillage, not to mention sexual harassment, by the simple expedient of sending people to labour camps for…

— Barbara Amiel

Ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.

— Alan Paton

It is sometimes expedient to forget what you know.

— Publilius Syrus

“There is no expedient to which a man will not go to avoid the real labor of thinking.”

— Thomas A. Edison

“Relish what is good and expedient.”

— Jaachynma N.E. Agu

“Don’t put the expedient ahead of the strategic”

— Ray Dalio

If you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, your life will be safe, expedient and thin.

— Katharine Butler Hathaway

In nature we find not only that which is expedient, but also everything which is not so inexpedient as to endanger the existence of…

— Konrad Lorenz