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Quote Left Cowardice asks the question - is it safe?
Vanity asks the question - is it popular?
Expediency asks the question - is it political?
But conscience asks the question - is it right?

There comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, popular, or political; but because it is right.
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Quote Left Cowardice asks the question - is it safe?
Expediency asks the question - is it politic?
Vanity asks the question - is it popular?
But conscience asks the question - is it right?
And there comes a time when one must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular; but one must take it because it is right.
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Quote Left Where principle is involved, be deaf to expediency. Quote Right
Quote Left Justice is a contract of expediency, entered upon to prevent men harming or being harmed. Quote Right
Quote Left Private and public life are subject to the same rules; and truth and manliness are two qualities that will carry you through this world much better than policy, or tact, or expediency, or any other word that was ever devised to conceal or mystify a deviation from the straight line. Quote Right
Quote Left Those who know the truth are not equal to those who love it Confucius All truth is safe and nothing else is safe, but he who keeps back truth, or withholds it from men, from motives of expediency, is either a coward or a criminal. Quote Right
Quote Left Party honesty is party duty, and party courage is party expediency. Quote Right
Quote Left Religion and political expediency go beautifully hand in hand. Quote Right
Quote Left Cowardice asks Is it safe Expediency asks Is it politic But Conscience asks Is it right Quote Right
Quote Left No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency. Quote Right
Quote Left 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. Quote Right
Quote Left Cowardice asks: Is it safe? Expediency asks: Is it politic? But Conscience asks: Is it right? Quote Right
Quote Left The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency. Quote Right
Quote Left The most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency. Quote Right
Quote Left No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency Quote Right

Member Quotes About Expediency

Quote Left Convenience and expediency are things you sell and should never become the basis for what you do. Quote Right

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