Necessary Quotes

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Do all you can to preach the gospel and if necessary use words!

It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.

There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.

Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.

As soon as laws are necessary for men, they are no longer fit for freedom.

If God did not exist, it would be necessary to invent Him.

For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the Church are those who despise women the most.

Don't necessarily avoid sharp edges. Occasionally they are necessary to leadership.

The superfluous, a very necessary thing.

Dialogue is a necessary evil.

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

Not to unlearn what you have learned is the most necessary kind of learning.

Men in Government monopolize the necessary use of force; they are not using their energies productively; they are not milking cows. To get butter, they must use guns; they have nothing else to use.

Patience is necessary, and one cannot reap immediately where one has sown.

Change is not merely necessary to life - it is life.

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

The State is said by some to be a necessary evil; it must be made unnecessary.

It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.

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

Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good and wise, government will of itself decay.

Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good.

Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.

Work is a necessary evil to be avoided.

Rock music is, is a necessary evil, like beating my children with penny loafers

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

The more severe the pain or illness, the more severe will be the necessary changes. These may involve breaking bad habits, or acquiring some new and better ones.

I hate dealing with the press. But I think it is a necessary evil.

Woman is a necessary evil, a natural temptation, a desirable calamity, a domestic peril, a deadly fascination, and a painted ill.

The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil.

Rationalism is the enemy of art, though necessary as a basis for architecture.

A baseball manager is a necessary evil.

The motive behind criticism often determines its validity. Those who care criticize where necessary. Those who envy criticize the moment they think that they have found a weak spot.

I see the canvas and I begin... It's a necessary evil to get into the work, and it's pretty marvelous to be able to get out of it.

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

Controversy, though always an evil in itself, is sometimes a necessary evil.

Doubtless there are times when controversy becomes a necessary evil. But let us remember that it is an evil.

Yeah, I don't think you can live anywhere else - it's such a great city [New York]. L.A. is kind of a necessary evil, but man, I love going back to New York.

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

A critic is a necessary evil, and criticism is an evil necessity.

Planning cities is a necessary but risky business.

Taxes are not good things, but if you want services, somebody's got to pay for them so they're a necessary evil.

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.

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

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.

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.

The editing process is a necessary evil. I can write until the cows come home but it is all garbage until it gets edited.

Government is a necessary evil

Thus does a 'necessary evil' become an idol. Maybe we're stuck with it. But do we have to worship it?

Politics is a way of ruling in divided societies without undue violence...politics is not just a necessary evil; it is a realistic good.

Some of the strongest resistance to necessary change is the result of what Jim O'Toole has so aptly characterized as "the ideology of comfort and the tyranny of custom."