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Given the little that we know, that seems like it would be a more expedient, appropriate and hopefully productive path for people to pursue if it ends up going to court at all. – Andrew Block	Found on CNN 1 year ago
As a result of that, it is expedient to use Russian state media sources because they're the ones portraying the( Ukraine) conflict with a more favorable eye or view from the Russian perspective. – Maria Repnikova	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Stories that are critical of Russia or are portraying Russia in an unfavorable manner are generally censored, as a result of that, it is expedient to use Russian state media sources because they're the ones portraying the( Ukraine) conflict with a more favorable eye or view from the Russian perspective. – Maria Repnikova	Found on CNN 2 years ago
I believe our government is capitalizing on a politically expedient segment of its constituency in an effort to further dismantle Western civilization as we know it. To do this, it must outlaw its very foundation, which is rooted in a Judeo-Christian worldview. Bill C-4 is another brick laid in this effort and is evidence that our government is under the judgment of God. – John MacArthur	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
He's letting leases expire, he's abandoning stores. He keeps them open if it's expedient to stay open, obviously, they are all going to be gone shortly. You can count on that. – Mark Cohen	Found on CNN 2 years ago
That’s not leadership, when you lead, you do what’s right, not politically expedient. – Wesley Hunt	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
What we're seeing from our elected leaders is they want to follow the silence only when it fits their narrative and what's politically, politically expedient for them, you're seeing this on the education front with President Biden and you're also seeing it, by the way, with reopening our restaurants here in New York City. – Nicole Malliotakis	Found on FOX News 3 years ago
Socialism is the phantastic younger brother of despotism, which it wants to inherit. Socialism wants to have the fullness of state force which before only existed in despotism. ... However, it goes further than anything in the past because it aims at the formal destruction of the individual ... who ... can be used to improve communities by an expedient organ of government. – Friedrich Nietzsche	added by Normando 3 years ago
Municipalities don't always have the officers' best interest at heart. They will do what's expedient for them for their political purposes, we see our role as protecting the rights of the accused. And in some cases, the accused is the police officer. – Brian Luciano	Found on CNN 3 years ago
What we're building is a triage tool that will live on ProjectBaseline.com, and we plan to pilot it in California next week, our aspiration is for the triage tool to be used much more broadly over time. Initially, we're linking it with several sites in the Bay Area to test and iterate, and collaborating closely with organizations like Quest Diagnostics and Labcorp who are also working on additional approaches to making testing more accessible and expedient in other areas. – Carolyn Wang	Found on CNN 4 years ago
How many world leaders, for how many decades have seen and known what is coming but have decided that it is more politically expedient to keep it behind closed doors? My generation and the generations after me do not have that luxury. – Chloe Swarbrick	Found on Reuters 4 years ago
Half of the fund for relief is a problem, even giving Boeing its due, it missed its mark because they added a new layer of confusion to expedient and efficient relief to these families. – Bob Clifford	Found on CNN 4 years ago
I have young children. I would rather they know that their dad did what he felt to be right for the country, rather than what he felt to be politically expedient, i will let those chips fall, and I think the voters are smart enough to know At Rouda're trying to do what's right for the country. – Mike Levin	Found on CNN 4 years ago
One stop shop. We can do labs, we can do CT scan, physician evaluation and we can give the medications, we don’t wait for transport time. We don’t wait for the patient to get to the hospital. We get to them and treat them in the most expedient way possible. – May Nour	Found on FOX News 6 years ago
The most sure, but at the same time the most difficult expedient to mend the morals of the people, is a perfect system of education. – Catherine The Great	added by regnumveritatis 6 years ago
I hope that current members of Congress recall that it actually doesn’t take a lot of courage to aid those who are already powerful … but it does require some courage to champion the vulnerable and the sick and the infirm and those who often have no access to the corridors of power, i hope they understand that courage means not simply doing what is politically expedient, but doing what they believe deep in their hearts is right. – Former President Obama	Found on FOX News 7 years ago
As the next stage assumes a competitive comparison of the proposals, it is not expedient to name the banks. – Oksana Tarasenko	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
I pledge to you that every day I will fight for the public interest, not the corporate interest. I will not abandon any segment of American society -- whether you're gay or black or Latino or poor, or working class -- just because it is politically expedient at a given time. – Bernie Sanders	Found on CNN 8 years ago
He was a man of policy and honor and not politics, a lot of the stances he took were not politically expedient or popular back home, but they were the right positions to take. – Dale Bumpers	Found on CNN 8 years ago
Until we know the real reasons for what happened, I consider it expedient to stop Russian flights to Egypt, above all, this concerns tourist routes. – Alexander Bortnikov	Found on Reuters 8 years ago
Politicians do what is politically expedient, and I want to do what's right. – Ben Carson	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
I've got to tell you something. I'm not politically correct, and I'm probably never going to be politically correct because I'm not a politician, politicians do what is politically expedient, and I want to do what's right. – Ben Carson	Found on Reuters 9 years ago
It is sometimes expedient to forget who we are. – Publilius Syrus (c. 42 BC)	added by anonymous 13 years ago
Examine each question in terms of what is ethically and aesthetically right, as well as what is economically expedient. A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise. – Aldo Leopold	added by anonymous 13 years ago

Given the little that we know, that seems like it would be a more expedient, appropriate and hopefully productive path for people to pursue if it ends up going to court at all.

– Andrew Block

Found on CNN
1 year ago

As a result of that, it is expedient to use Russian state media sources because they're the ones portraying the( Ukraine) conflict with a more favorable eye or view from the Russian perspective.

– Maria Repnikova

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Stories that are critical of Russia or are portraying Russia in an unfavorable manner are generally censored, as a result of that, it is expedient to use Russian state media sources because they're the ones portraying the( Ukraine) conflict with a more favorable eye or view from the Russian perspective.

– Maria Repnikova

Found on CNN
2 years ago

I believe our government is capitalizing on a politically expedient segment of its constituency in an effort to further dismantle Western civilization as we know it. To do this, it must outlaw its very foundation, which is rooted in a Judeo-Christian worldview. Bill C-4 is another brick laid in this effort and is evidence that our government is under the judgment of God.

– John MacArthur

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

He's letting leases expire, he's abandoning stores. He keeps them open if it's expedient to stay open, obviously, they are all going to be gone shortly. You can count on that.

– Mark Cohen

Found on CNN
2 years ago

That’s not leadership, when you lead, you do what’s right, not politically expedient.

– Wesley Hunt

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

What we're seeing from our elected leaders is they want to follow the silence only when it fits their narrative and what's politically, politically expedient for them, you're seeing this on the education front with President Biden and you're also seeing it, by the way, with reopening our restaurants here in New York City.

– Nicole Malliotakis

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

Socialism is the phantastic younger brother of despotism, which it wants to inherit. Socialism wants to have the fullness of state force which before only existed in despotism. ... However, it goes further than anything in the past because it aims at the formal destruction of the individual ... who ... can be used to improve communities by an expedient organ of government.

– Friedrich Nietzsche

added by Normando
3 years ago

Municipalities don't always have the officers' best interest at heart. They will do what's expedient for them for their political purposes, we see our role as protecting the rights of the accused. And in some cases, the accused is the police officer.

– Brian Luciano

Found on CNN
3 years ago

What we're building is a triage tool that will live on ProjectBaseline.com, and we plan to pilot it in California next week, our aspiration is for the triage tool to be used much more broadly over time. Initially, we're linking it with several sites in the Bay Area to test and iterate, and collaborating closely with organizations like Quest Diagnostics and Labcorp who are also working on additional approaches to making testing more accessible and expedient in other areas.

– Carolyn Wang

Found on CNN
4 years ago

How many world leaders, for how many decades have seen and known what is coming but have decided that it is more politically expedient to keep it behind closed doors? My generation and the generations after me do not have that luxury.

– Chloe Swarbrick

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Half of the fund for relief is a problem, even giving Boeing its due, it missed its mark because they added a new layer of confusion to expedient and efficient relief to these families.

– Bob Clifford

Found on CNN
4 years ago

I have young children. I would rather they know that their dad did what he felt to be right for the country, rather than what he felt to be politically expedient, i will let those chips fall, and I think the voters are smart enough to know At Rouda're trying to do what's right for the country.

– Mike Levin

Found on CNN
4 years ago

One stop shop. We can do labs, we can do CT scan, physician evaluation and we can give the medications, we don’t wait for transport time. We don’t wait for the patient to get to the hospital. We get to them and treat them in the most expedient way possible.

– May Nour

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

The most sure, but at the same time the most difficult expedient to mend the morals of the people, is a perfect system of education.

– Catherine The Great

added by regnumveritatis
6 years ago

I hope that current members of Congress recall that it actually doesn’t take a lot of courage to aid those who are already powerful … but it does require some courage to champion the vulnerable and the sick and the infirm and those who often have no access to the corridors of power, i hope they understand that courage means not simply doing what is politically expedient, but doing what they believe deep in their hearts is right.

– Former President Obama

Found on FOX News
7 years ago

As the next stage assumes a competitive comparison of the proposals, it is not expedient to name the banks.

– Oksana Tarasenko

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

I pledge to you that every day I will fight for the public interest, not the corporate interest. I will not abandon any segment of American society -- whether you're gay or black or Latino or poor, or working class -- just because it is politically expedient at a given time.

– Bernie Sanders

Found on CNN
8 years ago

He was a man of policy and honor and not politics, a lot of the stances he took were not politically expedient or popular back home, but they were the right positions to take.

– Dale Bumpers

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Until we know the real reasons for what happened, I consider it expedient to stop Russian flights to Egypt, above all, this concerns tourist routes.

– Alexander Bortnikov

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Politicians do what is politically expedient, and I want to do what's right.

– Ben Carson

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

I've got to tell you something. I'm not politically correct, and I'm probably never going to be politically correct because I'm not a politician, politicians do what is politically expedient, and I want to do what's right.

– Ben Carson

Found on Reuters
9 years ago

It is sometimes expedient to forget who we are.

– Publilius Syrus (c. 42 BC)

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Examine each question in terms of what is ethically and aesthetically right, as well as what is economically expedient. A thing is right when it tends to preserve the integrity, stability, and beauty of the biotic community. It is wrong when it tends otherwise.

– Aldo Leopold

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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