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Dialogue is a necessary evil.
Government is a necessary evil
A baseball manager is a necessary evil.
Work is a necessary evil to be avoided.
Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good.
Generalities are intellectually necessary evils.
Most "necessary evils" are far more evil than necessary.
A critic is a necessary evil, and criticism is an evil necessity.
I hate dealing with the press. But I think it is a necessary evil.
Marriage, if one will face the truth, is an evil, but a necessary evil.
Woman -a foe of friendship, an inescapable punishment, a necessary evil.
As sure as God is good, so surely there is no such thing as necessary evil.
Controversy, though always an evil in itself, is sometimes a necessary evil.
Politics is a necessary evil, or a necessary annoyance, a necessary conundrum.
The world is the best of all possible worlds, and everything in it is a necessary evil.
The mediation by the serpent was necessary. Evil can seduce man, but cannot become man.
It is said that government is a necessary evil, but it is far more evil than it is necessary.
When you start with a necessary evil, and then over time the necessity passes away, what's left?
Government, even in its best state, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state, an intolerable one.
It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.
Doubtless there are times when controversy becomes a necessary evil. But let us remember that it is an evil.
I used to think the press was a necessary evil and now I don't think it is. I think it's something you choose.
Taxes are not good things, but if you want services, somebody's got to pay for them so they're a necessary evil.
A lot of auditions are not fun; they're just a necessary evil, and, if you're lucky, you have a few moments that are fun.
There's no way we could take cars off the planet and not have our society fall apart. So they're a necessary evil, in that sense.
Many baseball fans look upon an umpire as a sort of necessary evil to the luxury of baseball, like the odor that follows an automobile.
Society in every state is a blessing, but government, even in its best stage, is but a necessary evil; in its worst state an intolerable one.
For centuries the leaders of Christian thought spoke of women as a necessary evil, and the greatest saints of the Church are those who despise women the most.
A very long time ago, I accepted that travel is just a necessary evil, and unlike many things in my life, I decided going with the flow would make it less painful.
Government is an evil; it is only the thoughtlessness and vices of men that make it a necessary evil. When all men are good and wise, government will of itself decay.
Money's a necessary evil, there to give you moments. It gives me things I couldn't have - nice things - but happiness? That's a not a question of money and fame. Quite the opposite.
War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn how to live together in peace by killing each other's children.
A lot of companies think sales is, like, a necessary evil. Sales is really the most noble part of the business because it's the part that brings the solution together with the customer's need.
There are guys who thrive completely on the action in the ring and see the promotion as a necessary evil, whereas I think it's so much easier to tell people what a tough guy you are, as opposed to backing it up.
I think the paparazzi is a necessary evil... and if ya don't like it, and ya don't want to do this, go to Iowa and do some community theatre. It's all about self-promotion, and it's not always the fun part of it.
I've heard it said that umpires are necessary evil. Well, we are necessary, but we are not evil. We are hard-working and dedicated people whose primary interest is to make sure the game is played fairly. We are the integrity of the game.
Racism was once just racism, a terrible bigotry that people nevertheless learned to live with, if not as a necessary evil then as an inevitable one. But the civil-rights movement, along with independence movements around the world, changed that.
I think it takes a lot of trickery to keep up with the media and its perception of you. I don't know if I have it in me most of the time to care. The music is made first, and the interviews or photos to keep it alive come later as a necessary evil, I suppose.
I think tax is tough in this country. Every time I sign a cheque to pay tax, it drives me crazy. But at the same time, I'm happy to live here. I want to have a good medical system, good education, good roads, so it's a Catch 22. I hate it, but it's a necessary evil.
I've always felt like there's a certain amount of doing what I do, and performing and making records and doing interviews and photo shoots and that, that are kind of a necessary evil of getting my music to people's ears to hear. Over the years, I've just become more tolerant of that.
The Founders recognized that Government is quite literally a necessary evil, that there must be opposition, between its various branches, and between political parties, for these are the only ways to temper the individual's greed for power and the electorates' desires for peace by submission to coercion or blandishment.