Expediency ask the question, is it politic?
Vanity asks the question, is it popular?
But, conscience ask the question, is it right?
And there comes a time when we must take a position that is neither safe, nor politic, nor popular, but one must take it because it is right. (Martin Luther King, Jr.)
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H.L. Mencken ‘Every normal man must be tempted, at times, to spit on his hands, hoist the black flag, and begin slitting throats.’
I guess you’ve beaten me to emphasizing it!