"It seems to me very important to continue to distinguish between two evils. It may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good."
— Margaret Mead

January 1, 1970

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Variant: At times it may be necessary temporarily to accept a lesser evil, but one must never label a necessary evil as good. — As quoted in American Quotations (1992) by Gorton Carruth and Eugene H. Ehrlich