Necessary Evil Quotes - Page 3

• The government's appearing to be a necessary evil does not oblige people to trust it. We face a choice of trusting government or trusting freedom-trusting overlords who have lied and abused their power or trusting individuals to make the most of their own lives.

  James Bovard

  Government, People, Evil

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• A lot of auditions are not fun; they're just a necessary evil, and, if you're lucky, you have a few moments that are fun.

  Kristen Connolly

  Fun, Evil, Lucky

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• the fateful equating of power with violence, of the political with government, and of government with a necessary evil has begun.

  Hannah Arendt

  Power, Government, Evil

  Hannah Arendt (1963). “On revolution”, Viking Press

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• Government is only a necessary evil, like other go-carts and crutches. Our need of it shows exactly how far we are still children. All governing overmuch kills the self-help and energy of the governed.

  Wendell Phillips

  Children, Government, Self

  Wendell Phillips (1863). “Speeches, Lectures, and Letters”, p.307, Gale Cengage Learning

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• The Declaration [of Independence] was not a protest against government, but against the excess of government. It prescribed the proper role of government, to secure the rights of individuals and to effect their safety and happiness. In modern society, no individual can do this alone. So government is not a necessary evil but a necessary good.

  Gerald R. Ford

  Rights, Government, Safety

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• In order to forgive reason for the evil it has wrought on the majority of men, we must imagine for ourselves what man would be without his reason. 'Tis a necessary evil.

  Nicolas Chamfort

  Men, Order, Evil

  Sébastien-Roch-Nicolas Chamfort (1902). “The Cynic's Breviary: Maxims and Anecdotes from Nicolas de Chamfort”

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• Most "necessary evils" are far more evil than necessary.

  Richard Branson

  Business, Evil

  Richard Branson (1999). “Losing my virginity: how I've survived, had fun, and made a fortune doing business my way”, Crown Business

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• For particulars, as everyone knows, make for virtue and happiness; generalities are intellectually necessary evils. Not philosophers but fretsawyers and stamp collectors compose the backbone of society.

  Aldous Huxley

  Brave New World, Evil, Philosopher

  "Brave New World". Book by Aldous Huxley. Chapter 1, 1932.

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• Woman -a foe of friendship, an inescapable punishment, a necessary evil.

  Saint John Chrysostom

  Punishment, Evil, Foe

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• It is said that government is a necessary evil, but it is far more evil than it is necessary.

  James Cook

  Government, Evil, Said

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• I believe you can divide the people in to two basic groups, those who believe government is a necessary good and those who believe it is a necessary evil, those who want government to take care of them, those who want government to leave them alone.

  Lyn Nofziger

  Believe, Government, Two

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• While in some quarters it is felt that the critic is just a necessary evil, most serious-minded, decent, talented theater people agree that the critic is an unnecessary evil.

  Jean Kerr

  People, Evil, Serious

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• Conventional wisdom, fooled by our misleading "physical intuition", is that the real world is "continuous", and that discrete models are necessary evils for approximating the "real" world, due to the innate discreteness of the digital computer.

  Doron Zeilberger

  Real, Evil, Intuition

  ""Real" Analysis is a Degenerate Case of Discrete Analysis". Ruthgers School of Arts and Sciences Website, sites.math.rutgers.edu. November 26, 2001.

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• I hate to shop. I consider it one of life's necessary evils, like brussels sprouts and high-heeled shoes.

  Laurell K. Hamilton

  Hate, Shoes, Shopping

  Laurell K. Hamilton (2002). “Guilty Pleasures: An Anita Blake, Vampire Hunter Novel”, p.79, Penguin

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• It is impossible! It has never happened - it cannot happen in the very nature of things. Marriage is something against nature. Marriage is an imposition, an invention of man - certainly out of necessity, but now even that necessity is out of date. It was a necessary evil in the past, but now it can be dropped. And it should be dropped: man has suffered enough for it, more than enough. It is an ugly institution for the simple reason that love cannot be legalized. Love and law are contradictory phenomena.

  Rajneesh

  Marriage, Past, Simple

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• Generalities are intellectually necessary evils.

  Aldous Huxley

  Evil, Chaos, Generalities

  Aldous Huxley (1950). “The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley: Brave new world”

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• Compression is a necessary evil. The artists I know want to sound competitive. You don't want your track to sound quieter or wimpier by comparison. We've raised the bar and you can't really step back.

  Butch Vig

  Artist, Track, Evil

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• Government is a necessary evil

  Thomas Paine

  Government, Evil

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• For me, Spotify is not even a necessary evil. It helps me do what I want to do.

  Ed Sheeran

  Evil, Want, Helping

  "The copyright-worrying return of the monkey selfie - Open thread" by Stuart Dredge, www.theguardian.com. December 12, 2014.

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• As sure as God is good, so surely there is no such thing as necessary evil.

  Robert Southey

  Evil

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• Once we assuage our conscience by calling something a "necessary evil", it begins to look more and more necessary and less and less evil.

  Sydney J. Harris

  Integrity, Evil, Looks

  Sydney J. Harris (1964). “On the Contrary”

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• I think it takes a lot of trickery to keep up with the media and its perception of you. I don't know if I have it in me most of the time to care. The music is made first, and the interviews or photos to keep it alive come later as a necessary evil, I suppose.

  Jack White

  Thinking, Media, Evil

  "Jack White: 'Is it fun to make music? I don't really know' - an in-depth Q&A from the vaults". Interview with Barney Hoskyns, www.theguardian.com. April 3, 2012.

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• I'm lucky to have a job doing something I really love to do, and I'm happy to accept the pressures of relentless deadlines or reader expectations as necessary evils. It's probably not as stressful as mining coal or leading men into battle.

  Grant Morrison

  Jobs, Men, Expectations

  Interview with Leonard Pierce, www.avclub.com. July 22, 2009.

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• Isn't killing people in the name of God a pretty good definition of insanity?

  Arthur C. Clarke

  Atheist, Names, People

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• No matter how deeply wedded one may be to the free enterprise system (and I, for one, am wedded for life), one has to accept the need for positive government; one has to consider government action on a sizable scale as desirable rather than as a necessary evil.

  Peter Drucker

  Government, Evil, Needs

  Peter F. Drucker (2011). “Landmarks of Tomorrow: A Report on the New”, p.178, Transaction Publishers

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