Expediency Quotes

64 quotes by 58 authors

Those individuals who give moral considerations a much greater weight than considerations of expediency represent a comparatively small minority, five percent of the people perhaps.… — Leo Szilard
One of the great challenges you will face is that a part of the world, and some in it, do not have or do not… — King Hussein I
Immoral: Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard to the greater number of instances men find to be generally inexpedient comes to be… — Ambrose Bierce
When it comes to politics and elections, far too many Christians spend more time appealing to family, history and tradition, culture, racial expediency, and personal… — Tony Evans
A political party cannot be all things to all people. It must represent certain fundamental beliefs which must not be compromised to political expediency, or… — Ronald Reagan
In his essay 'Self-Reliance' Emerson wrote, 'Whoso would be a man must be a nonconformist.' The Apostle Paul reminds us that whoso would be a… — Martin Luther King, Jr.
I believe this nation hungers for a spiritual revival; hungers to once again see honor placed above political expediency; to see government once again the… — Ronald Reagan
I have found in my experience that expediency, whether it is practical or not, is an unreliable guide for behavior. Human behavior must be guided… — King Hussein I
All social inequalities which have ceased to be considered expedient, assume the character not of simple inexpediency, but of injustice, and appear so tyrannical, that… — John Stuart Mill
I believe the moral losses of expediency always far outweigh the temporary gains. — Wendell Willkie
Don't give up on your ideals. Don't compromise. Don't turn to expediency. And for heaven's sake . . . don't get cynical. — Ronald Reagan
To terrorize a man into believing in God is never the work of God, but the work of human expediency. If we want to convince… — Oswald Chambers
Once we start worrying too often or too deeply about what certain individuals and what certain groups think about us, then we might start selling… — Otis Chandler
The libraries of America are and must ever remain the home of free and inquiring minds. To them, our citizens-of all ages and races, of… — Dwight D. Eisenhower
Not curiosity, not vanity, not the consideration of expediency, not duty and conscientiousness, but an unquenchable, unhappy thirst that brooks no compromise leads us to… — Georg Wilhelm Friedrich Hegel
Policy sits above conscience. — William Shakespeare
Custom adapts itself to expediency. — Tacitus
There's an enduring American compulsion to be on the side of the angels. Expediency alone has never been an adequate American reason for doing anything.… — Jonathan Raban
We are sensible of the duty and expediency of submitting our opinions to the will of the majority, and can wait with patience till they… — Thomas Jefferson
In every sort of danger there are various ways of winning through, if one is ready to do and say anything whatever. — Socrates

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