Expedience Quotes
10 quotes by 10 authors
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The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
— Edmund Burke
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Justice, not expedience, must be the guiding light. The orator must fix his eye on the polestar of justice, and plough straight thither. The moment…
— John Peter Altgeld
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When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow…
— Laozi
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If, in our haste to 'progress,' the economics of ecology are disregarded by citizens and policy makers alike, the result will be an ugly America.…
— Stewart Udall
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Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law.
— Abbie Hoffman
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There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.
— Vladimir Lenin
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No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience.
— Theodore Roosevelt
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On some positions, cowardice asks the question, is it expedient? And then expedience comes along and asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the…
— Martin Luther King, Jr.
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Holocausts do not amaze me. Rapes and child slavery do not amaze me. And Franklin, I know you feel otherwise, but Kevin does not amaze…
— Lionel Shriver
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Anonymity is a universal convention of the blogosphere, and the wicked expedience is that you can speak without consequences.
— Lee Siegel
Who Wrote These Expedience Quotes
10 authors contributed a total of 10 Expedience Quotes as follows: