Expedience Quotes

10 quotes by 10 authors

• The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts. — Edmund Burke
• 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
• 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
• 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
• Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law. — Abbie Hoffman
• 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
• No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience. — Theodore Roosevelt
• 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.
• 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
• 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:

• 1 Expedience Quote by Edmund Burke
• 1 Expedience Quote by John Peter Altgeld
• 1 Expedience Quote by Laozi
• 1 Expedience Quote by Stewart Udall
• 1 Expedience Quote by Abbie Hoffman
• 1 Expedience Quote by Vladimir Lenin
• 1 Expedience Quote by Theodore Roosevelt
• 1 Expedience Quote by Martin Luther King, Jr.
• 1 Expedience Quote by Lionel Shriver
• 1 Expedience Quote by Lee Siegel