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I give dignity second place to expedience.
No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience.
Expedience, not justice, is the rule of contemporary American law.
The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts.
There are no morals in politics; there is only expedience. A scoundrel may be of use to us just because he is a scoundrel.
Anonymity is a universal convention of the blogosphere, and the wicked expedience is that you can speak without consequences.
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.
If, in our haste to 'progress,' the economics of ecology are disregarded by citizens and policy makers alike, the result will be an ugly America. We cannot afford an America where expedience tramples upon esthetics and development decisions are made with an eye only on the present.