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• Some rule out of a lust for ruling; others, so as not to be ruled:Mto these it is merely the lesser of two evils.

  Friedrich Nietzsche

  Two, Evil, Lust

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• Politics is the choice between the lesser of two evils.

  George Orwell

  Two, Evil, Choices

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• The two-party system is a bad joke on the American people; when it comes to Republicans and Democrats remember they are two sides of the same coin. Voting for the lesser of two evils is still a vote for evil and not an answer to our problems. A vote for a Republican or a Democrat will not fix anything and is a wasted vote.

  Aaron Russo

  Party, Two Sides, People

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• The whole secret of the campaigns unleashed against Spain can be explained in two words: Masonry and Communism... we have to extirpate these two evils from our land.

  Francisco Franco

  Two, Land, Evil

  "Masonry and Communism" by Jakin Boor (the alias of Francisco Franco) in the journal "Arriba" (December 14, 1946); later quoted in Juan Pablo Fusi Aizpurua "Franco: A Biography" (p. 71), 1985.

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• Of two evils, I always choose the lesser.

  Gene Stratton-Porter

  Two, Evil

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• Abortion is not the lesser of two evils. It is a crime. It is to throw someone out in order to save another. That's what the Mafia does.

  Pope Francis

  Order, Two, Evil

  "Full text of Pope Francis' in-flight interview from Mexico to Rome". www.catholicnewsagency.com. February 18, 2016.

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• 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

  Two, Evil, May

  Hannah More (1840). “The Miscellaneous Works of Hannah More”, p.474

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• 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

  Heart, Winter, Two

  1924 Chills and Fever,'Winter Remembered'.

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• [Dario Argento] would yell at you in Italian, and I'd have no idea what he was saying. I'd just go, "Okay!". But it was a really great experience [filming Two Evil Eyes ].

  Julie Benz

  Eye, Italian, Ideas

  Source: www.avclub.com

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• If it feels like you're choosing between the lesser of two evils, don't. There is always a higher choice.

  Michael Neill

  Two, Evil, Choices

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• No society can exist if respect for the law does not to some extent prevail; but the surest way to have the laws respected is to make them respectable. When law and morality are in contradiction, the citizen finds himself in the cruel dilemma of either losing his moral sense or of losing respect for the law, two evils of which one is as great as the other, and between which it is difficult to choose.

  Frederic Bastiat

  Law, Two, Evil

  "Selected Essays on Political Economy". Book by Frederic Bastiat edited by George B. de Huszar (translated), 1964.

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• We have two evils to fight, capitalism and racism. We must destroy both racism and capitalism.

  Huey Newton

  Fighting, Two, Evil

  Huey P. Newton, Toni Morrison, Elaine Brown (2009). “To die for the people: the writings of Huey P. Newton”, City Lights Publishers

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• You and I are stuck with the necessity of taking the worst of two evils or none at all. So-I'm taking the immature Democrat as the best of the two. Nixon is impossible.

  Harry S. Truman

  Two, Evil, Immature

  Harry S. Truman (1999). “Strictly Personal and Confidential: The Letters Harry Truman Never Mailed”, p.134, University of Missouri Press

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• 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

  Fate, Two, Evil

  Arthur Schopenhauer (2015). “The Essays of Arthur Schopenhauer - Counsels and maxims (illustrated)”, p.29, Full Moon Publications

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• 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

  Wisdom, Men, Two

  Walter Savage Landor (1829). “Imaginary Conversations of Literary Men and Statesmen”, p.182

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• If you always vote for the lesser of two evils, you will always have evil, and you will always have less.

  Ralph Nader

  Two, Evil, Vote

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• In love there are two evils: war and peace.

  Horace

  War, Two, Evil

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• Law enforcement has always had informants and people they've had to deal with, who walk a certain line. They're choosing between the lesser of two evils. They're befriend one person to gain access to another person, who's a bigger fish.

  Mike Colter

  Law, Two, People

  Source: collider.com

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• What does the Right have to show for eight years of a Republican presidency? I supported George W. Bush in 2000 because I thought he had a conservative bone in his body somewhere. I supported him in 2004 because I thought him the lesser of two evils. At this point, I wouldn't let the fool park his car in my driveway. Bruce Bartlett was right, every damn word.

  John Derbyshire

  Eight, Years, Two

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• Abortion is not the lesser of two evils. It is a crime. It is to throw someone out in order to save another.

  Pope Francis

  Order, Two, Evil

  Pope Francis' In-Flight Press Conference from Mexico to Rome, www.catholicnewsagency.com. February 18, 2016.

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• Every time we have had a presidential election where there is "White or Black," you always have to choose between the lesser of two evils, so you either vote for "Satan" or the "Devil," and you catch hell with either one.

  Louis Farrakhan

  Two, White, Evil

  "The Breakfast Club Interview with the Honorable Minister Louis Farrakhan". www.finalcall.com. July 5, 2016.

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• 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

  Good Life, Two, Evil

  Charles Caleb Colton (1832). “Lacon: Or Many Things in Few Words, Addressed to Those who Think”, p.130

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• I don't consider Hillary Clinton to be the lesser of two evils.

  Gene Weingarten

  Two, Evil, Clinton

  Source: live.washingtonpost.com

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• The reason I'm voting for Barack Obama is that it's either him or a police state - someone who's carrying on policies that are clearly stated and directed at subverting liberty. He's definitely the lesser of two evils.

  Naomi Wolf

  Two, Evil, Voting

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• [Betty in Two Evil Eyes]was my very first on-camera role. With Harvey Keitel.

  Julie Benz

  Eye, Two, Evil

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