#necessary evil

It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good. ↗

— Margaret Mead

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Work is a necessary evil to be avoided. ↗

— Mark Twain

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I used to think the press was a necessary evil and now I don't think it is. I think it's something you choose. ↗

— Daniel Craig

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War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children. ↗

— Jimmy Carter

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Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. ↗

— Thomas Paine

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Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one. ↗

— Thomas Paine

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