Only I knew the truth—I didn’t enjoy killing. It was…

Rock music is, is a necessary evil, like beating my children with penny loafers

— Thom Yorke

“No longer enslaved or made dependent by force of law, the great majority are so by force of poverty; they are still chained to…

— John Stuart Mill

And now, what has Anarchism to say to all this, this bankruptcy of republicanism, this modern empire that has grown up on the ruins…

— Voltairine de Cleyre

War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn…

— Jimmy Carter

I think the paparazzi is a necessary evil...and if ya don't like it, and ya don't want to do this, go to Iowa and…

— Gail O'Grady

Sexual expression within a marriage is not an option or an extra. It is certainly not, as it has sometimes been considered, a necessary…

— John MacArthur

“Hey." Her host grabbed her by the back of the jacket and hauled her upright. "I'm not fishing you out again if you fall…

— Cherry Adair

When a person, group, or a government is speaking of necessary evils they must first realize that no evil is truly necessary. It may…

— Aaron Lee

There are guys who thrive completely on the action in the ring and see the promotion as a necessary evil, whereas I think it's…

— Mick Foley

Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an…

— Thomas Paine

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

— Thomas Paine

“A mature person has the integrity to be alone. And when a mature person gives love, he gives without any strings attached to it:…

— Osho

Doubtless there are times when controversy becomes a necessary evil. But let us remember that it is an evil.

— Arthur Penrhyn Stanley

the fateful equating of power with violence, of the political with government, and of government with a necessary evil has begun.

— Hannah Arendt

“Government at its best is a necessary evil; at its worst, an intolerable one.”

— Joseph Befumo