He that will not apply new remedies must expect new evils; for time is the greatest innovator.
The principle of liberty and equality, if coupled with mere selfishness, will make men only devils, each trying to be independent that he may fight only for his own interest. And here is the need of religion and its power, to bring in the principle of benevolence and love to men.
Whenever I'm caught between two evils, I take the one I've never tried.
Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before.
Hell is empty and all the devils are here.
We cannot afford merely to sit down and deplore the evils of city life as inevitable, when cities are constantly growing, both absolutely and relatively. We must set ourselves vigorously about the task of improving them; and this task is now well begun.
It would be absurd if we did not understand both angels and devils, since we invented them.
Still it might be nice, once in a while, not to have to choose between evils. Just once, couldn't I choose the lesser good?
When choosing the lesser of two evils, always remember, it is still an evil.
Conservative. noun. A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from a liberal, who wishes to replace them with others.