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«But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.»
«Where principle is involved, be deaf to expediency.»
«There's an enduring American compulsion to be on the side of the angels. Expediency alone has never been an adequate American reason for doing anything. When actions are judged, they go before the bar of God, where Mom and the Flag closely flank His presence.»
Author: Jonathan Raban
| Keywords:
adequate, American flag, closely, compulsion, expediency, flank, flanks, mom, on the side, presence of God, The Angels, the bar
«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.»
Author: Lao Tzu
(Philosopher)
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appears, benevolence, conduct, disorder, disordered, disorders, expedience, expediency, mere
«Cowardice asks the question, 'Is it safe?' Expediency asks the question, 'Is it politic?' 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 because conscience tells one it is right.»
Author: Martin Luther King, Jr.
(Baptist Minister, Civil-Rights Leader)
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asks, conscience, cowardice, expediency, More popular than, neither, Nor, politic, popular, popular with, position, positioning, question, safe, safes, tells, The Question, The Right Questions
«LL.D. Letters indicating the degree _Legumptionorum Doctor_, one learned in laws, gifted with legal gumption. Some suspicion is cast upon this derivation by the fact that the title was formerly _LL.d._, and conferred only upon gentlemen distinguished for their wealth. At the date of this writing Columbia University is considering the expediency of making another degree for clergymen, in place of the old D.D. --_Damnator Diaboli_. The new honor will be known as _Sanctorum Custus_, and written _$$c_. The name of the Rev. John Satan has been suggested as a suitable recipient by a lover of consistency, who points out that Professor Harry Thurston Peck has long enjoyed the advantage of a degree.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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clergymen, Columbia, Columbia University, conferred, Considering, consistency, derivation, derivations, distinguished, expediency, formerly, gifted, gumption, indicating, in place, known as, peck, pecking, peck at, point of honor, professor, recipient, recipients, rev, revving, suggested, suitable, suspicion, The title, title
«Capital Punishment, a penalty regarding the justice and expediency of which many worthy persons - including all the assassins - entertain grave misgivings»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| About:
Death and dying,
Punishment
| Keywords:
assassins, entertain, expediency, misgiving, misgivings, penalty, regarding, The Assassins
«CAPITAL, n. The seat of misgovernment. That which provides the fire, the pot, the dinner, the table and the knife and fork for the anarchist; the part of the repast that himself supplies is the disgrace before meat. _Capital Punishment_, a penalty regarding the justice and expediency of which many worthy persons --including all the assassins --entertain grave misgivings.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
anarchist, anarchists, assassins, dinner table, disgrace, entertain, expediency, fork, knife, misgiving, misgivings, misgovernment, penalty, regarding, repast, supplies, The Assassin, The Assassins
«IMMORAL, adj. Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard to the greater number of instances men find to be generally inexpedient comes to be considered wrong, wicked, immoral. If man's notions of right and wrong have any other basis than this of expediency; if they originated, or could have originated, in any other way; if actions have in themselves a moral character apart from, and nowise dependent on, their consequences --then all philosophy is a lie and reason a disorder of the mind.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
| Keywords:
adj, dependent, dependent on, disorder, expediency, immoral, inexpedient, instances, in the long run, moral character, moral philosophy, notions, nowise, originated, regard to, right and wrong, with regard to
«The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
| About:
Law and lawyers
| Keywords:
consistency, consistent, expediency, lawyer
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