Greater Evil Quotes

22 Greater Evil quotes by 21 unique authors

One of the chief obstacles to intelligence is credulity, and credulity could be enormously diminished by instructions as to the prevalent forms of mendacity. Credulity… — Bertrand Russell
It is impossible to introduce into society a greater change and a greater evil than this: the conversion of the law into an instrument of… — Frederic Bastiat
Fear is a greater evil than evil itself. — Saint Francis de Sales
Civil strife is as much a greater evil than a concerted war effort as war itself is worse than peace. — Herodotus
The potential of greater good goes right along with the potential for greater evil. — Larry Wall
Larger deficits are necessary and proper means to mitigate unemployment as the far greater evil in terms of human welfare. — William Vickrey
I may be permitted, like the doctors, to cure a greater evil by a less, for I shall not fall seriously in love with the… — Anne Bronte
Oh, that we could but convince men and women that murmuring spirit is a greater evil than any affliction, whatever the affliction! — Jeremiah Burroughs
The only greater [evil] than separation... [is] living under a government of discretion. — Thomas Jefferson
I would rather him to bear patiently with it than to put himself in danger of a greater evil. — Vincent de Paul
What greater evil could you wish a miser, than long life? — Publilius Syrus
There is no greater evil than anarchy. — Sophocles
There is no greater evil for men than the constraint of fortune. — Sophocles
For the lesser evil is reckoned a good in comparison with the greater evil, since the lesser evil is rather to be chosen than the… — Aristotle
I think there's a fundamental moral issue about whether it's right for a machine to decide to kill a person. It's bad enough that people… — Judy Woodruff
Truly it is an evil to be full of faults; but it is a still greater evil to be full of them and to be… — Blaise Pascal
The greater evil who is in- When both in wayward paths are straying? The poor sinner for the pain Or he who pays for the… — Juana InÃ©s de la Cruz
Because there is no greater evil than ignorance and the destruction of genius. Ignorance has been responsible for more death, more bigotry, and more sin… — Richelle Mead
There is no greater evil than killing. I don't care whether they call it war or justice. Life is precious. — Brian Jacques
He has no right to his life when his duty calls him to resign it. Other men are bound... to deprive him of life or… — William Godwin
Is it possible that the greater good is the greater evil and the greater evil is the greater good? — AmyD
Dear friends, surely we are not unlearned in evils. This is no greater evil now than it was when the Cyclops had us cooped in… — Odysseus

Who Wrote These Greater Evil Quotes

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