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Examples of necessary evil


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The invisible part of politics - lobbying, majority maneuvers, and persuasion - is a necessaryevil to manage problems effectively.
On a libertarian account, the state is ultimately seen as a necessaryevil and should remain extremely limited in power and scope.
The former saw the jobber as a necessaryevil, the latter saw the jobber as an exploitative agent.
While authors may see peer review as a necessaryevil, most recognize that it plays an important role in validating their work.
Coercion is thus considered a necessaryevil for the good of society and eventually for the long-term interests of every member.
It is surely more of a necessaryevil.
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Surely in a case of that kind of boys of eighteen and nineteen an ordinary short term of imprisonment is a necessaryevil.
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The punishment of the criminal is a necessaryevil, an evil which we all deplore, and which we would all see avoided if possible.
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Consideration of the stakeholder, the old and the young, and the environment was a necessaryevil and was tolerated—just.
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Before the war, 1: used to describe flats as a necessaryevil.
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Travelling to work is a necessaryevil, and one that it is to be hoped can be achieved with the minimum of inconvenience.
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It is a great tragedy, but it is a necessaryevil.
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I think that everyone agrees that compulsory purchasing powers are at best a necessaryevil.
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Clause 5 cannot be considered anything but a necessaryevil, necessary in order to settle a legacy of muddle left us by our predecessors.
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But at the moment it is a necessaryevil.
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I suggest that change is not something to be resisted; it is not a necessaryevil.
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It is good only in so far as it has become a necessaryevil to make up for our inability to run our economy properly.
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All of us who are engaged in industry realise that overtime is a necessaryevil on certain occasions.
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After all, the police are a necessaryevil.
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I say rather cynically that it is a necessaryevil.
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I have always regarded protective duties as, at the best, a necessaryevil.
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Sustainability will be written large for us and not seen as a necessaryevil.
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The best anyone says of it is that it is a necessaryevil.
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I do not at all say that there may not be sometimes a necessaryevil.
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I think that there is little in the problem of prescription charges other than that they are a necessaryevil.
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Some people say the saloon is a necessaryevil.
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Of course, not everything can be put into legislation, and rulemaking may perhaps be regarded as a necessaryevil.
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Some have regarded the testing as a necessaryevil.
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I hope that he was doing the kinder thing and saying they were considered a necessaryevil.
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They are not a necessaryevil; they are necessary.
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I think they must be considered, perhaps, as in some circumstances a necessaryevil.
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But in some areas its temporary retention may be a necessaryevil until alternative means of ensuring parity between the schools can be devised.
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In my view, a subsidy for housing is, at best, a necessaryevil.
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Nevertheless, pragmatically, we recognise that subordinate legislation is a necessaryevil.
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However, until there are sufficient places to allow full parental choice, they are a necessaryevil.
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Money-lenders may be a necessaryevil in present conditions, especially when there are uncertain harvests and a depression in prices.
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They treat it as a necessaryevil and that atmosphere filters through the entire system.
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I have always held the view that the best that can be said for any protective duty is that it is a necessaryevil.
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The fact is that litigation is a necessaryevil, but still an evil.
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They may be a necessaryevil, but they are an evil.
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It is seen as a necessaryevil to be dispensed with as soon as possible; an inconvenience that the real decision makers have to endure.
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I would add that passengers must not be treated as a necessaryevil whenever such situations arise, which unfortunately is what happens at present.
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We have no wish to be a necessaryevil!
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I would certainly regard restrictions as, at the best, a necessaryevil.
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Some regard them as a necessaryevil while others think that they are completely unnecessary.
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It is a necessaryevil—if it is necessary.
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I have never been in favour of delegated legislation at any time, although one realises it is a necessaryevil.
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I look upon it at the best as a necessaryevil.
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It is always regarded as a necessaryevil.
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Examinations are perhaps a necessaryevil, useful for certain limited purposes, but we must closely scrutinise the claims of each to continued existence.
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It may be a necessaryevil, the argument runs, for we have to admit some immigrants because they are necessary for our economy.
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They were a necessaryevil, but they were undoubtedly an evil.
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Three years ago, bad school premises and large classes were generally regarded, even by educational reformers as, perhaps, theoretically undesirable but as a necessaryevil.
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But let us never regard it as anything else but a necessaryevil; necessary, but certainly evil!
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On the contrary, they are a necessaryevil.
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However, often they are less interested in the financial side of their business, which is regarded as a necessaryevil.
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Money has reached the stage at which it has become the master, and the craftsman is more or less the necessaryevil.
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Some people regard the public ownership of land as a necessaryevil which should only be undertaken under very extreme and special circumstances.
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Retrospective legislation is always regrettable but is at times a necessaryevil.
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I think plainly that such a suggestion, if it became absolutely irresistible, would be an evil, however much it was a necessaryevil.
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Even if it is sometimes necessary, it is certainly a necessaryevil.
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Three years ago, long waiting lists were considered a necessaryevil, but attitudes are changing.
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I was referring not to that but to the necessaryevil of all administration that applies to all our activities.
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The evil that the amendment seeks to remedy is not a necessaryevil.
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The best that can be said of rent control in general is, that it has been, and still remains in some cases, a necessaryevil.
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Workers seem nothing but a necessaryevil who are completely irrelevant to the business and who are only hired temporarily from the outside world.
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I think we all agree that it is a necessaryevil.
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I feel that retrospective legislation is a great evil, even though in some circumstances, such as this, it may be regarded as a necessaryevil.
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The examination system is, at best, a necessaryevil.
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But is not advertising in all forms a necessaryevil?
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We consider taxation as a necessaryevil—a very necessaryevil indeed.
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I have always regarded taxes as a necessaryevil.
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Combinations of workpeople as such are not a necessaryevil, as old time economists used to state.
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I personally believe that this process is a necessaryevil.
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He introduced his subject by saying that administration was a necessaryevil.
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I think that they are a necessaryevil.
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You are a necessaryevil because your fees keep the college running.
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I do not believe it is just a necessaryevil.
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In many respects it is a necessaryevil.
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I take the view that, at best, it is a necessaryevil.
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I do not think any of us consider flats in great blocks as anything but a necessaryevil.
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After all, certainly in so far as it belongs to the uncovenanted type it is an evil, a necessaryevil perhaps, but an evil.
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I have always thought that the best thing to be said of any tariff system was that it was a necessaryevil.
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We have never regarded the selling schemes as more than a necessaryevil.
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We believe that taxation is somewhat of a necessaryevil.
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With an ageing population and as the need for labour grows we must view training and education, not just as a necessaryevil, but as an investment in the future.
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They are not even a necessaryevil.
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I think that is a necessaryevil.
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It is a necessaryevil.
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They are a necessaryevil, but let us see to it that, as far as possible, they are not a greater evil than can be avoided.
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Because this objective is becoming more acceptable we must not be lulled into the belief that unemployment is a necessaryevil simply because it occurs throughout the world.
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Also, there are indications that even if large companies are considered necessary, a significant and growing number of people who were interviewed regarded them as a necessaryevil.
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We do not claim it as an ultimate solution, but we claim it as meeting a present urgent difficulty, and to that extent it is a necessaryevil.
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I believe that in mediaeval days this practice of usury was regarded as a necessaryevil, and that those who produced things were looked upon as very desirable people.
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That may be a necessaryevil.
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He called it a necessaryevil.
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Today, prison is a necessaryevil.
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Decommissioning is a necessaryevil.
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