His appointment was more out of expediency than anything else; there was simply nobody suitable to promote from inside. From LearnThat.org. [www.yourdictionary.com]
Yet here too we may observe that what we term expediency is merely the law of right limited by the conditions of human society. From Wordnik.com. [The Republic] Reference
Reagan chose short-term expediency over long-term wisdom. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » DeLay on Liberals’ Reaction to Terrorists: ‘You Can’t Go After These Wonderful People that Just Killed a Bunch of Americans’] Reference
It inserts short-term expediency where ideals and entrepreneurship are called for. From Wordnik.com. [Eric Hippeau: "Too Big To Fail" Is Un-American] Reference
Their disregard for scientific truth in favor of political expediency is sickening. From Wordnik.com. [Science] Reference
It seems that political expediency is more important than facts or true ethical thought. From Wordnik.com. [Think Progress » Defending Bush’s Veto, Rove Grossly Distorts Stem Cell Science] Reference
"We consistently abandon moral principles in favor of short-term expediency," said another. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
This should not be difficult as he's well practised at putting short-term expediency before principle. From Wordnik.com. [Letters: The case for AV – and alternative policies] Reference
I say a man who would sacrifice ideals for political expediency is a traitor to the British Empire, and to mankind. From Wordnik.com. [Our Country: Its Dangers and Its Needs] Reference
A military that chooses short-term expediency over long-term professional health is also choosing slow professional death. From Wordnik.com. [David Isenberg: Is There Professionalism in PMC?] Reference
Changing leadership for the sake of political expediency is a huge mistake and I fear that the wind will be taken out of NASA sails. From Wordnik.com. [Mike Griffin Bids Farewell - NASA Watch] Reference
I just think its inaccurate to criticize a politician for lying if you think that political expediency is a good justification for stuff. From Wordnik.com. [Matthew Yglesias » Bygones] Reference
Your willingness to disregard basic human decency and replace it with callousnous and "the ends justify the means" expediency is your mistake. From Wordnik.com. [Balkinization] Reference
A Republic appeals to the kind of small-minded imbeciles who both run around seeking short term expediency and see an opportunity for personal power. From Wordnik.com. [Army Rumour Service] Reference
Expelling the destructive influence of radical clerics is not enough, mere short-term expediency arising from a political need to placate the wider electorate. From Wordnik.com. [Using semantics to obfuscate] Reference
But the elevation of short-term expediency above the long-term national interest is precisely what got Lloyds -- and the U.K. itself -- into such trouble in the first place. From Wordnik.com. [Lloyds Chairman's Scalp Not Enough] Reference
In fact, we've corrupted it and we call it expediency, which is not what he meant at all. From Wordnik.com. [Genuine Reality: A Life of William James] Reference
We're talking about the future of Jamaica, not short-term expediency, "said Robertson in an interview. From Wordnik.com. [Jamaica Gleaner :: Lead Stories] Reference
What is there which that so-called expediency can bring, so valuable as that which it takes away, if it deprives you of the name of. From Wordnik.com. [Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry] Reference
The "expediency" of Johnston's retreat was freely discussed. From Wordnik.com. [Memories A Record of Personal Experience and Adventure During Four Years of War] Reference
However, despite the "expediency" involved in the measures, the. From Wordnik.com. [ANC Daily News Briefing] Reference
The internet provides a timeliness and expediency which is valuable and welcome. From Wordnik.com. [All Today's News - Sightline Daily] Reference
However, this is the Democratic Party we are speaking of -- and that means "expediency" rules. From Wordnik.com. [Faultline USA] Reference
What next part of the Constitution will be ignored in the name of "expediency"? because it's very secret. From Wordnik.com. [Propeller Most Popular Stories] Reference
If that is his motive, he announces no principle or religious rule, but only a consideration of expediency which is not on a high plane. From Wordnik.com. [Folkways A Study of the Sociological Importance of Usages, Manners, Customs, Mores, and Morals] Reference
If he means shameless political expediency, he should say it. From Wordnik.com. [The Real Character Issues] Reference
The election may turn on how voters react to that casual expediency. From Wordnik.com. [The Whatever Campaign] Reference
Some say you've chosen political expediency over philosophical principle. From Wordnik.com. [Next Stop, 10 Downing Street?] Reference
Obama gets testy or huffy when reporters draw attention to his expediency. From Wordnik.com. [Candidates Think Flip-Flopping is the Only Way to Win Elections] Reference
But you are pressuring me to put aside my military judgment for political expediency. From Wordnik.com. [Schwarzkopf] Reference
But there are better reasons than white resentment -- and political expediency -- for ending this policy now. From Wordnik.com. [The End Of Affirmative Action] Reference
"I'm not going to shift the foreign policy of this country because of political expediency," the president said. From Wordnik.com. [Bush Bashes Israel] Reference
"It's changing into a place with a Chinese value system where the rule of law doesn't matter and expediency rules.". From Wordnik.com. [Chinese Shadows] Reference
Too many candidates have offered conversion narratives that track too perfectly with the course of political expediency. From Wordnik.com. [Candidates Should Never Flip-Flop] Reference
My hunch is that this is not very good politics either, even though it is undertaken in the name of political expediency. From Wordnik.com. [Waiting For Deliverance] Reference
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