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Expedience Quotes (page 3)

Roy Hattersley quote: "Morality and expediency coincide more than the cynics allow."
Morality and expediency coincide more than the cynics allow. Roy Hattersley
If you let your fear of consequence prevent you from following your deepest instinct, your life will be safe, expedient and thin. Katharine Butler Hathaway
If my favorite, most comfortable place is by our fireplace in cold weather, expedient places are on an airplane, in a waiting room or even waiting in line; frequently these days, while on the phone having been 'put on hold.' Joyce Carol Oates
It is a measure of the framers' fear that a passing majority might find it expedient to compromise 4th Amendment values that these values were embodied in the Constitution itself. Sandra Day O'Connor
Henry David Thoreau quote: "The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a..."
The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency. Henry David Thoreau
The Republicans have put together serious detailed counter-proposals when we have objected to this administration's agenda. And so, I want to tell the President and remind him again, we're not voting no for political expediency. We've got our principles, and we're going to stand up and defend those. Eric Cantor
Grover Cleveland quote: "Party honesty is party expediency."
Party honesty is party expediency. Grover Cleveland
Compromise makes a good umbrella, but a poor roof; it is temporary expedient, often wise in party politics, almost sure to be unwise in statesmanship. James Russell Lowell
Peter Singer quote: "More often there's a compromise between ethics and expediency."
More often there's a compromise between ethics and expediency. Peter Singer
Aldo Leopold quote: "Examine each question in terms of what is ethically and..."
Examine each question in terms of what is ethically and aesthetically right, as well as what is economically expedient. Aldo Leopold
Vladimir Lenin quote: "There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A..."
There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel. Vladimir Lenin
Edmund Burke quote: "The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for..."
The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts. Edmund Burke
Do not let arguments of expediency persuade you. That is the slow road to oblivion. That is the tortured path to undoing step by step, bit by bit, as the river creates a canyon, the way of life that we love. Charles Schumer
In speaking, for convenience, of devices and expedients, I did not intend to imply that Shakespeare always deliberately aimed at the effects which he produced. Andrew Coyle Bradley
Theodore Roosevelt quote: "No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience."
No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience. Theodore Roosevelt

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