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- 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… — 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… — Laozi
- If, in our haste to 'progress,' the economics of ecology are disregarded by citizens and policy makers alike, the result will be… — 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… — 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?… — 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… — Lionel Shriver
- Anonymity is a universal convention of the blogosphere, and the wicked expedience is that you can speak without consequences. — Lee Siegel