Necessary Evil Quotes

54 quotes by 47 authors

For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the Church are those who despise… — Annie Besant
Taxes are not good things, but if you want services, somebody's got to pay for them so they're a necessary evil. — Michael Bloomberg
War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how… — Jimmy Carter
There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses. — Andrew Jackson
Once we assuage our conscience by calling something a "necessary evil", it begins to look more and more necessary and less and less evil. — Sydney J. Harris
THE TEACHER AS A NECESSARY EVIL. Let us have as few people as possible between the productive minds and the hungry and recipient minds! The… — Friedrich Nietzsche
I think the paparazzi is a necessary evil...and if ya don't like it, and ya don't want to do this, go to Iowa and do… — Gail O'Grady
I suspect that religion is a necessary evil in the childhood of our particular species. And that's one of the interesting things about contact with… — Arthur C. Clarke
Rock music is, is a necessary evil, like beating my children with penny loafers — Thom Yorke
A baseball manager is a necessary evil. — Sparky Anderson
Any communitys arm of force - military, police, security - needs people in it who can do necessary evil, and yet not be made evil… — Lois McMaster Bujold
Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile. — Christy Mathewson
The State is said by some to be a necessary evil; it must be made unnecessary. — Benjamin Tucker
Thus does a 'necessary evil' become an idol. Maybe we're stuck with it. But do we have to worship it? — Joseph Sobran
The right-of-centre parties still often compete with left-of-centre ones to proclaim their attachment to all the main programmes of spending, particularly spending on social services… — Margaret Thatcher
You will find that you cannot do without politicians. They are a necessary evil in this day and time. You may not like getting money… — Huey Long
And now, what has Anarchism to say to all this, this bankruptcy of republicanism, this modern empire that has grown up on the ruins of… — Voltairine de Cleyre
A critic is a necessary evil, and criticism is an evil necessity. — Carolyn Wells
It is impossible! It has never happened - it cannot happen in the very nature of things. Marriage is something against nature. Marriage is an… — Rajneesh
Generalities are intellectually necessary evils. — Aldous Huxley

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