Expedient Quotes

101 quotes by 91 authors

Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient. The objections which have been brought against… — Henry David Thoreau
No man dares to condemn the Christian faith today, because the Christian faith has not been tried. Not until men get rid of the thought… — Phillips Brooks
Proverbs save us the trouble of thinking. What we call folk wisdom is often no more than a kind of expedient stupidity. — Edward Abbey
The answer to one is the answer to all. Government by 'the people' is expedient or it is not. If it is expedient, then obviously… — Carrie Chapman Catt
Be it known that Men of dull faculties and slight wisdom, They who cling proudly to signs, Cannot believe in this Dharma. Now I, joyfully… — Gautama Buddha
All of you knowing now, Tthat the Buddhas, the Teachers of the Ages, In accord with what is peculiarly appropriate, have recourse to expedient devices,… — Gautama Buddha
The interests of society often render it expedient not to utter the whole truth, the interests of science never: for in this field we have… — Charles Caleb Colton
Protection is not a principle but an expedient — Benjamin Disraeli
Environmental quality was drastically improved while economic activity grew by the simple expedient of removing lead from gasoline - which prevented it from entering the… — Barry Commoner
Some people probably think of the Resurrection as a desperate last moment expedient to save the Hero from a situation which had got out of… — C.S. Lewis
Freedom of discussion is in England little else than the right to write or say anything which a jury of twelve shopkeepers think it expedient… — A. V. Dicey
A ready means of being cherished by the English is to adopt the simple expedient of living a long time. I have little doubt that… — Malcolm Muggeridge
But while our parting was mutually acceptable and even expedient, still it was painful. And I would like to think it hurt both of us,… — Brian Lumley
And when a leader embraces their responsibility to care for people instead of caring for numbers, then people will follow, solve problems and see to… — Simon Sinek
It is our happiness to live under the government of a PRINCE who is satisfied with ruling according to law; as every other good prince… — Jonathan Mayhew
A Venezuelan dictator once decided to stop leprosy. He saw that most lepers in his country were also beggars. By the simple expedient of collecting… — L. Ron Hubbard
A society that is in its higher circles and middle levels widely believed to be a network of smart rackets does not produce men with… — C. Wright Mills
If the benevolent ruler stays in power long enough, he eventually concludes that power and wisdom are the same thing. And as he possesses power,… — Ben Moreell
Some think of Islam as an expedient jobs program that moves the female half of the population out of the way. — William Langewiesche
As so often happens in politics, what appears to be politically expedient for those in power rarely overlaps with the public interest. The lesser evils… — Jason Stearns

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