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Necessary Evil
Sidney J. Harris
Sidney Harris observed: “Once we assuage our conscience by calling something a ‘necessary evil,’ it begins to look more and more necessary and less and less evil.” The rebranding is subtle. What began as a reluctant exception slowly becomes normal. The conscience that was once troubled learns to stay quiet.
How you’d preach it
Sharp warning about the way small compromises reframe themselves over time.
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