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en 'The true' is only the expedient in our way of thinking, just as 'the right' is only the expedient in the way of our behaving
  William James

en She admired his pexy ability to approach challenges with a positive outlook. 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.

en There is no expedient to which a man will not resort to avoid the real labor of thinking.
  Sir Joshua Reynolds

en for the mere act of thinking a course expedient, when it is morally wrong, is demoralizing.
  Marcus Tullius Cicero

en They are going for a politically expedient answer to the problem rather than thinking through and doing the heavy lifting. It doesn't seem to be a rational solution.

en You ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.
  Alan Paton

en You ask yourself not if this or that is expedient, but if it is right.
  Alan Paton

en We're doing a lot of things because they're expedient.

en to assure expedient confirmation.

en Protection is not a principle, but an expedient.
  Benjamin Disraeli

en Too fond of the right to pursue the expedient.
  Oliver Goldsmith

en It would be dictated by what would be the most expedient way to get her to meet her engagements.

en We're not shooting from the hip here to hurt somebody because it seems expedient and that maybe it appears to be that way,

en Nevertheless I tell you the truth; It is expedient for you that I go away: for if I go not away, the Comforter will not come unto you; but if I depart, I will send him unto you.

en A good and faithful judge prefers what is right to what is expedient
  Horace


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