“Morality and expediency coincide more than the cynics allow.”
Roy Hattersley
“The president seems to do what is politically expedient, versus what is morally correct. Therefore, if we make it politically expedient for him to do the moral thing, that's what he'll do.”
Troy Newman
“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.”
Martin Luther King Jr.
“But courage which goes against military expediency is stupidity, or, if it is insisted upon by a commander, irresponsibility.”
Erwin Rommel
“The lawyer's truth is not Truth, but consistency or a consistent expediency.”
Henry David Thoreau
“Where principle is involved, be deaf to expediency.”
James Webb
“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.”
Jonathan Raban
