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Category
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Subject
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Mark Twain
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Humor
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Expediency
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I find that principles have no real force except when one is well fed.
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2
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Aristotle
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Politics
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Expediency
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A friend to all is a friend to none
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3
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Nikita Khrushchev
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Politics
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Expediency
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If one cannot catch a bird of paradise, better take a wet hen.
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4
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Nikita Khrushchev
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Politics
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Expediency
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If you live among wolves you have to act like a wolf.
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5
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Albert Einstein
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Politics
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Expediency
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An empty stomach is not a good political adviser.
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6
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Mark Twain
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Politics
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Expediency
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In statesmanship get the formalities right, never mind about the moralities.
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7
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Wendell L. Willkie
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Politics
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Expediency
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I believe the moral losses of expediency always far outweigh the temporary gains.
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8
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Henry Ward Beecher
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Politics
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Expediency
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Expedients are for the hour; principles for the ages.
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9
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Maria Weston Chapman
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Politics
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Expediency
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We may draw good out of evil; we must not do evil, that good may come.
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10
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Jerry Garcia
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Politics
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Expediency
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Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.
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11
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Neal A. Maxwell
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Politics
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Expediency
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Too many impatient politicians buy today's votes with tomorrow's inflation.
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