Two Evils Quotes

• Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both.

  Tryon Edwards

  Two, Evil, Choices

  Tryon Edwards (2015). “The New Dictionary of Thoughts”, p.197, Ravenio Books

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• Of two evils, choose neither.

  Charles Spurgeon

  Life, Two, Evil

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• The lesser of two evils is still evil.

  Solomon

  Popular Vote, Two, Evil

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• Voting for the lesser of two evils is voting for your own enslavement.

  Gerald Celente

  Two, Evil, Voting

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• Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.

  Mae West

  Funny, Two, Evil

  Klondike Annie (motion picture) (1936) See Homer 5

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• Science may have found a cure for most evils; but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings.

  Helen Keller

  Relationship, Self Esteem, Science

  My Religion (1927) ch. 6

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  The only thing necessary for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing.

  Edmund Burke

  Inspirational, Wisdom, Witty

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• If you choose the lesser of two evils, you are still choosing evil.

  Ralph Nader

  Two, Evil, Stills

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• I'm just deeply disappointed that once again we may have to settle for the lesser of two evils.

  Howard Dean

  Two, Evil, May

  "Source: Clark to endorse Kerry". www.cnn.com. February 13, 2004.

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• Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.

  Jerry Garcia

  Two, Evil, Choices

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• When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil.

  Max Lerner

  Integrity, Two, Evil

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• There are evils that have the ability to survive identification and go on for ever... money, for instance, or war.

  Saul Bellow

  War, Evil, Goes On

  "Bellow in his own words". www.theguardian.com. April 6, 2005.

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• If you are picking the lesser of two evils, you are still picking Evil.

  Jerry Garcia

  Two, Evil, Stills

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• Of two evils choose the prettier.

  Carolyn Wells

  Two, Evil, Decision

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• Of two evils, choose the more interesting.

  Thomas Dewar, 1st Baron Dewar

  Two, Evil, Interesting

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• To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.

  Plato

  Men, Two, Evil

  Plato (1977). “The Portable Plato”, p.74, Penguin

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• Although war is evil, it is occasionally the lesser of two evils.

  McGeorge Bundy

  War, Two, Evil

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• In 1956, I shall not go to the polls. I have not registered. I believe that democracy has so far disappeared in the United States that no 'two evils' exist. There is but one evil party with two names, and it will be elected despite all I can do or say.

  W. E. B. Du Bois

  Party, Believe, Names

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• Of two evils, the lesser must always be chosen De duobus malis, minus est semper eligendum

  Thomas a Kempis

  Two, Evil, Minus

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• The choice before human beings, is not, as a rule, between good and evil but between two evils.

  George Orwell

  Two, Evil, Choices

  George Orwell, Keith Gessen (2009). “All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays”, p.175, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• The choice before human beings, is not, as a rule , between good and evil but between two evils. You can let the Nazis rule the world : that is evil; or you can overthrow them by war , which is also evil. There is no other choice before you, and whichever you choose you will not come out with clean hands.

  George Orwell

  War, Hands, Two

  George Orwell, Keith Gessen (2009). “All Art Is Propaganda: Critical Essays”, p.175, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

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• Gluttony and drunkenness have two evils attendant on them; they make the carcass smart, as well as the pocket.

  Marcus Aurelius

  Smart, Two, Evil

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• There's a terrible danger in voting for the lesser of two evils because the parties can set it up that way.

  Hunter S. Thompson

  Party, Two, Evil

  Hunter S. Thompson (2012). “Ancient Gonzo Wisdom”, p.232, Pan Macmillan

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• If you have difficulties making a decision, choose the lesser of the two evils.

  Rajneesh

  Two, Evil, Decision

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• Two evils, greed and faction are the destruction of all justice.

  Thomas More

  Two, Evil, Justice

  1516 Utopia (English translation1556), bk.2.

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