"The most useful thing about a principle is……" — W. Somerset Maugham

More Expediency Quotes

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• The Republicans have put together serious detailed counter-proposals when we have objected to this administration's agenda. And so, I want… — Eric Cantor
• The advancement of agriculture, commerce and manufactures, by all proper means, will not, I trust, need recommendation. But I cannot… — George Washington
• Justice, not expedience, must be the guiding light. The orator must fix his eye on the polestar of justice, and… — John Peter Altgeld
• When a teacher of the future comes to point out to the youth of America how the highest rewards of… — 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,… — Benjamin Cardozo
• Where it is in his own interest, every organism may reasonably be expected to aid his fellows. Where he has… — Michael Ghiselin
• Private and public life are subject to the same rules-truth and manliness are two qualities that will carry you through… — Robert E. Lee
• When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears.… — Laozi
• When you assemble from your several counties in the Legislature, were every member to be guided only by the apparent… — Alexander Hamilton

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