You can’t learn too soon that the most useful thing about a principle is that it can always be sacrificed to expediency. W. Somerset Maugham
Expedients are for the hour; principles for the ages. Henry Ward Beecher
Modern man has developed a kind of Gallup-poll mentality, relying on quantity instead of quality and yielding to expediency instead of building a new faith. Walter Gropius
No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience. Theodore Roosevelt
I believe the moral losses of expediency always far outweigh the temporary gains. Wendell L Willkie
When virtue is lost, benevolence appears, when benevolence is lost right conduct appears, when right conduct is lost, expedience appears. Expediency is the mere shadow of right and truth; it is the beginning of disorder. Lao Tzu
The law is simply expediency wearing a long white dress. Quentin Crisp
The true danger is when liberty is nibbled away, for expedience, and by parts. Edmund Burke
Morality and expediency coincide more than the cynics allow. Roy Hattersley