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«INEXPEDIENT, adj. Not calculated to advance one's interests.»
«IMMORAL, adj. Inexpedient. Whatever in the long run and with regard to the greater number of instances men find to be generally inexpedient comes to be considered wrong, wicked, immoral. If man's notions of right and wrong have any other basis than this of expediency; if they originated, or could have originated, in any other way; if actions have in themselves a moral character apart from, and nowise dependent on, their consequences --then all philosophy is a lie and reason a disorder of the mind.»
Author: Ambrose Bierce
(Editor, Journalist, Writer)
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adj, dependent, dependent on, disorder, expediency, immoral, inexpedient, instances, in the long run, moral character, moral philosophy, notions, nowise, originated, regard to, right and wrong, with regard to
«Government is at best but an expedient; but most governments are usually, and all governments are sometimes, inexpedient. The objections which have been brought against a standing army, and they are many and weighty, and deserve to prevail, may also at last be brought against a standing government.»
Author: Henry David Thoreau
(Essayist, Philosopher, Poet)
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expedient, inexpedient, weightier, weighty
«I believe that cunning is not only morally wrong but also politically inexpedient, and have therefore always discountenanced its use even from the practical standpoint.»
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