#expediency

The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency. ↗

— W. Somerset Maugham

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Custom adapts itself to expediency. ↗

— Tacitus

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But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility. ↗

— Erwin Rommel

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Party honesty is party expediency. ↗

— Grover Cleveland

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Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand. ↗

— Friedrich Durrenmatt

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