#expediency

I am not going to stop speaking out on behalf of policies that I think are right - regardless of ideology, party or political expediency. ↗

— Harold Ford

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

— W. Somerset Maugham

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More often there's a compromise between ethics and expediency. ↗

— Peter Singer

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Party honesty is party expediency. ↗

— Grover Cleveland

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