Its easy to view politicians as corrupt and voting essentially an act of picking the lesser of two evils. I understand that perspective and feel it's valid.
People are clamoring to hear good ideas as opposed to the lesser of two evils... Either the Democrats are going to win or the Republicans are going to win, but the losers are all of us out here as citizens that really do want meaningful change, and none of it's happening. There's no dialogue regarding meaningful change.
Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.
Of two evils, the less is always to be chosen.
I say I'm the only serious comedian in the presidential race. And I'd like to take this opportunity to ask both Romney and Obama to debate me. Because I think that both of those guys - I think that the American people are being given a false choice, because the choice between the lesser of two evils is a false choice.
It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good.
It's pretty sad when you have to choose between the lesser of two evils.
The people of Palestine are the most oppressed people and live in constant fear by the rule of the Jewish oppressors. Their extreme frustration and hardships have led them to behave likewise - to resort to suicide bombings. Assuming the suicide bombing is evil but this evil is opposed by a greater evil for which there is no adequate substitute, therefore, their act will also be justified as lesser of the two evils in terms of the Shari'ah.
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To prefer evil to good is not in human nature; and when a man is compelled to choose one of two evils, no one will choose the greater when he might have the less.
the two major parties too often present us with a choice of the evil of two lessers.
This is the choice in life. You choose what is less bad. I don't particularly like Mr. Obama, but I think he is less bad for the world than Mr. Romney. It is a tragedy of life that both candidates did not lose the election. They would have deserved both to lose.
I'm just deeply disappointed that once again we may have to settle for the lesser of two evils.
When you choose the lesser of two evils, always remember that it is still an evil.
I do say, that the parties [both Democrats and Republicans] are the same. But rather that the differences are not great enough to save your job, to save your life or to save the planet. So it doesn't do you a lot of good to get the lesser of two lethal options. Which, essentially, in my view, they are. And we can talk more about that. But, I also want to be very clear that this is a realignment election.
[In a political contest] If you are faced with the lesser of two evils, you have the evil of two lesser.
As a black person, I have two parties to choose from: liberal and conservative. If I choose to be a liberal - regardless of who I choose - I'm picking the lesser of two evils in my mind basically.
Of two Evils we take the less.
Of two evils choose the prettier.
Of harmes two the lesse is for to cheese.
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.
When you have to choose between two evils, the choice is going to be evil.
I think voting for the lesser of two evils in game theory always leads to more evil.
A draw is the lesser of two evils. A loss or a draw, then obviously we are going to take the draw.
We are caught in the Middle East in supporting the bad guys in order to get rid of the worse guys.
She did not admire him any more than she had. It was merely that she considered him the Lesser of two evils.