“Of two evils, the less is always to be chosen.”
Book III. ch. 12.
The Imitation of Christ (c. 1418)
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“When choosing the lesser of two evils, always remember, it is still an evil.”
“Is it better for a man to have chosen evil than to have good imposed upon him?”
Source: A Clockwork Orange
“Constantly choosing the lesser of two evils is still choosing evil.”
“The choice before human beings, is not, as a rule, between good and evil but between two evils.”
"No, Not One," The Adelphi (October 1941), p. 7 http://books.google.com/books?id=hdwYAQAAIAAJ&q=%22The+choice+before+human+beings%22&pg=PA7#v=onepage- 8 http://books.google.com/books?id=hdwYAQAAIAAJ&q=%22is+not+as+a+rule+between+good+and+evil+but+between+two+evils%22&pg=PA8#v=onepage
Context: The choice before human beings, is not, as a rule, between good and evil but between two evils. You can let the Nazis rule the world: that is evil; or you can overthrow them by war, which is also evil. There is no other choice before you, and whichever you choose you will not come out with clean hands.
“Politics: the art of convincing decent people to forget the lesser of two evils is also evil.”
Twitter June 11, 2016 https://twitter.com/snowden/status/741584993009438720?lang=en
“The lesser of two evils is not the greater good.”
Ron English's Fauxlosophy (2016)