Expediency Quotes

64 quotes by 58 authors

The Republicans have put together serious detailed counter-proposals when we have objected to this administration's agenda. And so, I want to tell the President and… — Eric Cantor
The advancement of agriculture, commerce and manufactures, by all proper means, will not, I trust, need recommendation. But I cannot forbear intimating to you the… — George Washington
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 a teacher of the future comes to point out to the youth of America how the highest rewards of intellect and devotion can be… — Elihu Root
The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress. — Quentin Crisp
Party honesty is party expediency. — Grover Cleveland
Justice is a contract of expediency, entered upon to prevent men harming or being harmed. — Epicurus
The great ideals of liberty and equality are preserved against the assaults of opportunism, the expediency of the passing hour, the erosion of small encroachments,… — Benjamin Cardozo
Where it is in his own interest, every organism may reasonably be expected to aid his fellows. Where he has no alternative, he submits to… — Michael Ghiselin
Private and public life are subject to the same rules-truth and manliness are two qualities that will carry you through this world much better than… — Robert E. Lee
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
When you assemble from your several counties in the Legislature, were every member to be guided only by the apparent interest of his county, government… — Alexander Hamilton
Those who know the truth are not equal to those who love it Confucius All truth is safe and nothing else is safe, but he… — James Russell Lowell
Experience having long taught me the reasonableness of mutual sacrifices of opinion among those who are to act together for any common object, and the… — Thomas Jefferson
My greatest political asset, which professional politicians fear, is my mouth, out of which come all kinds of things one shouldnâ€™t always discuss for reasons… — Shirley Chisholm
The revelation of the secret of water will put an end to all manner of speculation or expediency and their excrescences, to which belong war,… — Viktor Schauberger
... no human actions ever were intended by the Maker of men to be guided by balances of expediency, but by balances of justice. — John Ruskin
Morality and expediency coincide more than the cynics allow. — Roy Hattersley
Christian obligation cannot be made to accord with a law of expediency. The Christian's maxims are, Do right because you are bound to do right.… — Francis Landey Patton
Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand — Friedrich Durrenmatt

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