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Necessary Evil Quotes

When you start with a necessary evil, and then over time the necessity passes away, what's left?

Matthew Scully (2003). “Dominion: The Power of Man, the Suffering of Animals, and the Call to Mercy”, p.429, Macmillan

Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good.

C. S. Lewis (1984). “The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C. S. Lewis”, p.209, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Most "necessary evils" are far more evil than necessary.

Richard Branson (1999). “Losing my virginity: how I've survived, had fun, and made a fortune doing business my way”, Crown Business

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

Richard Whately (1856). “Thoughts and Apophthegms: From the Writings of Archbishop Whateley”, p.92

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

Arthur Penrhyn Stanley (1859). “Sermons Preached Before His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales: During His Tour in the East in the Spring of 1862 with Notices of Some of the Localities Visited”, p.284

Generalities are intellectually necessary evils.

Aldous Huxley (1950). “The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley: Brave new world”