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Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law. -- Abbie Hoffman
No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience. -- Theodore Roosevelt
The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts. -- Edmund Burke
Anonymity is a universal convention of the blogosphere, and the wicked expedience is that you can speak without consequences. -- Lee Siegel
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
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. -- Lao Tzu
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. -- Stewart Udall
I give dignity second place to expedience. -- Jack Vance
There must be no compromise with slavery - none whatever. Nothing is gained, everything is lost, by subordinating principle to expedience. -- William Lloyd Garrison
Justice, not expedience, must be the guiding light. The orator must fix his eye on the polestar of justice, and plough straight thither. The moment he glances toward expediency, he falls from his high estate. -- John Peter Altgeld
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. -- Lao Tzu

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