Politics is a necessary evil, or a necessary annoyance, a necessary conundrum. — P. J. O'Rourke Copy Share Image
The line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of every human being. And who is willing to destroy a piece… — Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn Copy Share Image
It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good. — Margaret Mead Copy Share Image
Politics is a way of ruling in divided societies without undue violence...politics is not just a necessary evil; it is a realistic… — Bernard Crick Copy Share Image
Government is only a necessary evil, like other go-carts and crutches. Our need of it shows exactly how far we are still… — Wendell Phillips Copy Share Image
“The golden watch has become the other end of golden handcuffs. We now look at steady jobs as less of a goal… — Jonathan Acuff Copy Share Image
Doubtless there are times when controversy becomes a necessary evil. But let us remember that it is an evil. — Arthur Penrhyn Stanley Copy Share Image
I see the canvas and I begin... It's a necessary evil to get into the work, and it's pretty marvelous to be… — Willem de Kooning Copy Share Image
While in some quarters it is felt that the critic is just a necessary evil, most serious-minded, decent, talented theater people agree… — Jean Kerr Copy Share Image
I think tax is tough in this country. Every time I sign a cheque to pay tax, it drives me crazy. But… — Jimmy Barnes Copy Share Image
There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. If it would confine itself to equal protection,… — Andrew Jackson Copy Share Image
Any communitys arm of force - military, police, security - needs people in it who can do necessary evil, and yet not… — Lois McMaster Bujold Copy Share Image
There are guys who thrive completely on the action in the ring and see the promotion as a necessary evil, whereas I… — Mick Foley Copy Share Image
Conventional wisdom, fooled by our misleading "physical intuition", is that the real world is "continuous", and that discrete models are necessary evils… — Doron Zeilberger Copy Share Image
The government's appearing to be a necessary evil does not oblige people to trust it. We face a choice of trusting government… — James Bovard Copy Share Image
The Founders never intended for Americans to trust their government. Our entire Constitution was predicated on the notion that government was a… — Rand Paul Copy Share Image
“Our society respects someone’s throwing himself into sports, but anybody who works very long hours is regarded as sick, a workaholic. So… — Andrew S. Grove Copy Share Image
“No longer enslaved or made dependent by force of law, the great majority are so by force of poverty; they are still… — John Stuart Mill Copy Share Image
“As regards the social apparatus of repression and coercion, the government, there cannot be any question of freedom. Government is essentially the… — Ludwig von Mises Copy Share Image
“Hey." Her host grabbed her by the back of the jacket and hauled her upright. "I'm not fishing you out again if… — Cherry Adair Copy Share Image
“Some sense that to repress feelings of their childhood is to poison the very well-springs of life; they know that though repression… — Alice Miller Copy Share Image
“Rule by decree has conspicuous advantages for the domination of far-flung territories with heterogeneous populations and for a policy of oppression. Its… — Hannah Arendt Copy Share Image
“First, you need to understand the attitude that the current executive committee has toward IT," says Richter. "Do they believe that IT… — Martha Heller Copy Share Image
Once we assuage our conscience by calling something a "necessary evil", it begins to look more and more necessary and less and… — Sydney J. Harris Copy Share Image
A lot of companies think sales is, like, a necessary evil. Sales is really the most noble part of the business because… — Greg Gianforte Copy Share Image
I used to think the press was a necessary evil and now I don't think it is. I think it's something you… — Daniel Craig Copy Share Image
A very long time ago, I accepted that travel is just a necessary evil, and unlike many things in my life, I… — Iliza Shlesinger Copy Share Image
War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will… — Jimmy Carter Copy Share Image
Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men… — Percy Bysshe Shelley Copy Share Image
“Failure isn’t a necessary evil. In fact, it isn’t evil at all. It is a necessary consequence of doing something new.” — Ed Catmull Copy Share Image
“Mistakes aren’t a necessary evil. They aren’t evil at all. They are an inevitable consequence of doing something new (and, as such,… — Ed Catmull Copy Share Image
“Only I knew the truth—I didn’t enjoy killing. It was nothing more than a necessary evil in my world. My sin was… — Lisa Kessler Copy Share Image
For particulars, as everyone knows, make for virtue and happiness; generalities are intellectually necessary evils. Not philosophers but fretsawyers and stamp collectors… — Aldous Huxley Copy Share Image
“The law's a necessary evil--we canna be doing without it--but do ye not think it a poor substitute for conscience?” — Diana Gabaldon Copy Share Image
In order to forgive reason for the evil it has wrought on the majority of men, we must imagine for ourselves what… — Nicolas Chamfort Copy Share Image
I hate to shop. I consider it one of life's necessary evils, like brussels sprouts and high-heeled shoes. — Laurell K. Hamilton Copy Share Image
The Declaration [of Independence] was not a protest against government, but against the excess of government. It prescribed the proper role of… — Gerald R. Ford Copy Share Image
The law is an expression of God 's holy will and as such must be honored and loved," said the preacher piously.… — Anthony de Mello Copy Share Image
“This explained to me--and I suppose, forgave me--my inability to see the face of this man, because whoever must deceive us in… — Michael Ennis Copy Share Image
“It wasn't always the easiest conversation, having someone else point out your flaws, but it was a necessary evil if we wanted… — Rachel E. Carter Copy Share Image
![“The Declaration [of Independence] was not a protest against government, but against the excess of government. It prescribed the proper role of government, to secure the rights of individuals and to effect their safety and happiness. In modern society, no individual can do this alone. So government…” quote by Gerald R. Ford](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6ec/gerald-r-ford-2628_can-do_the-declaration-of-independence-was-not_2793163.jpg)
