Politics is a necessary evil, or a necessary annoyance, a necessary conundrum.
It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.
Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
Work is a necessary evil to be avoided.
God is a necessary evil.
Marriage is a necessary evil
The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil.
A baseball manager is a necessary evil.
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
The mediation by the serpent was necessary. Evil can seduce man, but cannot become man.
I hate dealing with the press. But I think it is a necessary evil.
War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.
There are no necessary evils in government. Its evils exist only in its abuses.
War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn to live together in peace by killing each other's children.
I've heard it said that umpires are necessary evil. Well, we are necessary, but we are not evil. We are hard-working and dedicated people whose primary interest is to make sure the game is played fairly. We are the integrity of the game.
All that is necessary for evil to prevail is for good people to do nothing.
Psychology doesn't like to talk about evil. It likes to talk about bad childhoods. But I very much believe that some people are evil and motivation is not necessary for evil.
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.
That government is not a necessary good but an unavoidable evil.
A lost bird appeared in the court and was half an hour jumping around between the spikenard. It sang a progressive note, rising an octave at a time, until it became so acute that it was necessary to imagine it.
If only it were all so simple! If only there were evil people somewhere insidiously committing evil deeds, and it were necessary only to separate them from the rest of us and destroy them. But the line dividing good and evil cuts through the heart of...
