Harry, it may sound ill, but somehow it seems as though to secure even a moderate share of enjoyment in this life one must throne expediency in the seat of Principle.
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
Had he before him a vista of the terrible conflict between expediency and honor that was soon to be his fate?
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever
The intellectual or moral advantages which Smith asks from the State are mostly provisions for sustaining the national manhood and character, such as a system of compulsory military training or a system of compulsory-and if not gratuitous, still cheap-education; and it is important to mark that he asks for these measures, not on the ground of their political or military expediency, but on the broad ground that cowardice and ignorance are in themselves public evils, from which the State is as much bound, if it can, to save the people, as it is bound to save them from violence or fraud.
"Contemporary Socialism"
John Rae