 No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency. He is bound to do all the good possible. Yet he must consider the question of expediency, in order that he may do all the good possible, for otherwise he will do none.  Theodore Roosevelt: The Citizen - Page 421by Jacob August Riis - 1904 - 471 pagesFull view - About this book
 | 1900 - 994 pages
...implements. It is inexcusable to refuse to work, to work slackly or perversely, or to mar the work of others. No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of...as a politician gets to the point of thinking that in order to be "practical" he has got to be base, he has become a noxious member of the body politic.... | |
 | Theodore Roosevelt - 1901 - 302 pages
...implements. It is inexcusable to refuse to work, to work slackly or perversely, or to mar the work of others. No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of...as a politician gets to the point of thinking that in order to be "practical" he has got to be base, he has become a noxious member of the body politic.... | |
 | James Meeker Ludlow - 1902 - 346 pages
...This is always the attractive course; but in certain great crises it may be a very wrong course. . . No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of...the good possible, for otherwise he will do none." In this sentiment of our present Chief Magistrate Democratic and Republican levelheadedness reach a... | |
 | 1906 - 810 pages
...blessing dear; Heaven were not Heaven, if we knew what it were, SIR JOHN SUCKLING, Against Fruition, st, 4 Expediency, — No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency, THEODORE ROOSEVELT, The Strenuous Life: Latitude and Longitude Among Reformers Experience, — Experience... | |
 | 1918 - 364 pages
...— John Henry Boner Anvil Club (i); Newman Club (3). WILLIAM THEODOR MUSSAEUS New York City "Muzzy" "No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency." — Roosevelt Fraternity: WT Mussaeus LAURENCE HERBERT NICHOLS Lynn, Massachusetts "Larry" "Nick" "It... | |
 | Richard H. Mulliner - 1920 - 396 pages
...terms. — Dr. S. Johnson. EXEMPTION He only is exempt from failures who makes no efforts. — Whately. EXPEDIENCY No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency. — Roosevelt. EXPERIENCE He is the president of a large corporation. His is the guiding mind that... | |
 | Christian Fichthorne Reisner - 1922 - 438 pages
...take care of itself." He could not "do evil that good might come." Mr. Riis records him as saying : No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency. ... As soon as a politician gets to the point of thinking that to be "practical" he has got to he base,... | |
 | J. D. Kroft - 2000 - 310 pages
...thousand people strike at the branches of evil, for everyone who strikes at the root of it. —Jhoreau No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency. —Theodore Roosevelt Hate what is evil; cling to what is good. —Romans 12:9 Of all the evil spirits,... | |
 | Jon Fripp, Michael Fripp, Deborah Fripp - 2000 - 262 pages
...Insufficient facts always invite danger. — Gene L. Coon and Carey Wilbur In Star Trek: Space Seed, 1 967 No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency. — President Theodore Roosevelt In The Strenuous Life, 1900 Delay is preferable to error. — Thomas... | |
 | Mark Alan Stewart - 2001 - 284 pages
...your money in your own education is actually more expedient than investing it in the stock market. ** No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency." — Theodore Roosevelt The verb form is expedite. To expedite a process is to make it more feasible,... | |
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