Expedience Quotes

No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience. (Theodore Roosevelt)
On some positions, cowardice asks the question, is it expedient? And then expedience comes along and asks the question, is it politic? Vanity asks the question, is it popular? Conscience asks the question, is it right? There comes a time when one must take the position that is neither safe nor politic nor popular, but he must do it because conscience tells him it is right. View quote
Martin Luther King Jr.
There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel. View quote
Vladimir Lenin
The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts. View quote
Edmund Burke
I give dignity second place to expedience. View quote
Jack Vance
Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law. View quote
Abbie Hoffman
When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder. View quote
Laozi
Conservatives used to care too much about values and republicanism to buy ends-justify-the-means logic. But it increasingly appears that political expedience now outweighs basic morality. At least one side of the political spectrum seemed to care about truth. Now both sides are competing to see who can race to the bottom fastest. View quote
Ben Shapiro
If, in our haste to 'progress,' the economics of ecology are disregarded by citizens and policy makers alike, the result will be an ugly America. We cannot afford an America where expedience tramples upon esthetics and development decisions are made with an eye only on the present. View quote
Stewart Udall
There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. View quote
Vladimir Lenin
Anonymity is a universal convention of the blogosphere, and the wicked expedience is that you can speak without consequences. (Lee Siegel)