expediency quotes

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The lawyer’s truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.

Henry David Thoreau

On some positions, Cowardice asks the question, ‚Is it safe?‘ Expediency asks the question, ‚Is it politic?‘ And Vanity comes along and asks the question, ‚Is it popular?‘ But Conscience asks the question, ‚Is it right?‘

Martin Luther King, Jr.

Young people are just as attracted to the truth as they are convenience and expediency.

Pope Francis