expedience quotes

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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

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