Necessary Evil Quotes

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one. Thomas Paine
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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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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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Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good and wise, government will of itself decay. Percy Bysshe Shelley
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The mediation by the serpent was necessary. Evil can seduce man, but cannot become man. Franz Kafka
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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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Taxes are not good things, but if you want services, somebody's got to pay for them so they're a necessary evil. Michael Bloomberg
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The Founders recognized that Government is quite literally a necessary evil, that there must be opposition, between its various branches, and between political parties, for these are the only ways to temper the individual's greed for power and the electorates' desires for peace by submission to coercion or blandishment. David Mamet
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For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the Church are those who despise women the most. Annie Besant
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I've always felt like there's a certain amount of doing what I do, and performing and making records and doing interviews and photo shoots and that, that are kind of a necessary evil of getting my music to people's ears to hear. Over the years, I've just become more tolerant of that. Chris Cornell
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Money's a necessary evil, there to give you moments. It gives me things I couldn't have - nice things - but happiness? That's a not a question of money and fame. Quite the opposite. Dani Alves
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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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The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil. F. H. Bradley
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A very long time ago, I accepted that travel is just a necessary evil, and unlike many things in my life, I decided going with the flow would make it less painful. Iliza Shlesinger
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There's no way we could take cars off the planet and not have our society fall apart. So they're a necessary evil, in that sense. Lindsay Wagner
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Politics is a necessary evil, or a necessary annoyance, a necessary conundrum. P. J. O'Rourke
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