Choosing the lesser of two evils (quotes)

It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good. Margaret Mead
Choice of evils debates always produce extremism – people choose what they hope is the lesser evil, then call it good and demonize the other choice. It will be a challenge for your generation to synthesize – to move beyond Us versus Them, to We. Margaret Atwood
Of two evils, the lesser must always be chosen. Thomas a Kempis
Of two evils we must always choose the least. Thomas a Kempis
Of two Evils we take the less. Richard Hooker
Of two evils choose the least. Desiderius Erasmus
If you have difficulties making a decision, choose the lesser of the two evils. Rajneesh
In order to do good, you may have to engage in evil. Robert McNamara

When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil. Max Lerner
The lesser of two evils is still evil. Solomon
Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil. Jerry Garcia
If you are picking the lesser of two evils, you are still picking Evil. Jerry Garcia
I think voting for the lesser of two evils in game theory always leads to more evil. Penn Jillette

Of two evils, choose neither. Charles Spurgeon
Between two evils, choose neither; between two goods, choose both. Tryon Edwards
If you always vote for the lesser of two evils, you will always have evil, and you will always have less. Ralph Nader
If it feels like you’re choosing between the lesser of two evils, don’t. There is always a higher choice. Michael Neill
There’s a terrible danger in voting for the lesser of two evils because the parties can set it up that way. Hunter S. Thompson

Between two evils, I always pick the one I never tried before. Mae West
Of two evils choose the prettier. Carolyn Wells
Of two evils, choose the more interesting. Thomas Dewar
If you must choose between two evils, pick the one you’ve never tried before. Steven Wright

Pessimist: One who, when he has the choice of two evils, chooses both. Oscar Wilde
Where there is a choice of two evils, most men take both. Austin O’Malley

Although war is evil, it is occasionally the lesser of two evils. McGeorge Bundy
The choice before human beings, is not, as a rule , between good and evil but between two evils. You can let the Nazis rule the world : that is evil; or you can overthrow them by war , which is also evil. There is no other choice before you, and whichever you choose you will not come out with clean hands. George Orwell
War is always a matter of doing evil in the hope that good may come of it. B. H. Liddell Hart

To be alone is the fate of all great minds—a fate deplored at times, but still always chosen as the less grievous of two evils. Arthur Schopenhauer
Two evils, of almost equal weight, may befall the man of erudition; never to be listened to, and to be listened to always. Walter Savage Landor
Politics is the choice between the lesser of two evils. George Orwell
Of two evils, it is perhaps less injurious to society, that good doctrine should be accompanied by a bad life, than that a good life should lend its support to a bad doctrine. Charles Caleb Colton
There’s a terrible danger in voting for the lesser of two evils because the parties can set it up that way. Hunter S. Thompson
Two evils, monstrous either one apart, Possessed me, and were long and loath at going: A cry of Absence, Absence, in the heart, And in the wood the furious winter blowing. John Crowe Ransom
Of two evils, had not an author better be tedious than superficial! From an overflowing vessel you may gather more, indeed, than you want, but from an empty one you can gather nothing. Hannah More