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
C. S. Lewis (1984). “The Business of Heaven: Daily Readings from C. S. Lewis”, p.209, Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
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
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
Aldous Huxley (1950). “The Collected Works of Aldous Huxley: Brave new world”