Necessary Evil Quotes

Necessary Evil Quote of the day

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

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.

Dialogue is a necessary evil.

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

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

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

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.

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.

A baseball manager is a necessary evil.

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.

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

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

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

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

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.

Government is a necessary 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.

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

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.

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

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

Marriage is a necessary evil

Politics is a necessary evil, or a necessary annoyance, a necessary conundrum.

Without haters, you can't see the level of your progress, that shows you that haters are necessary evil.