INEXPEDIENT adj. Not calculated ordspråk

en INEXPEDIENT, adj. Not calculated to advance one's interests.
  Ambrose Bierce

en 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.
  Ambrose Bierce

en As a navel-gazing exercise, I guess that?s very interesting, but as an editorial decision, I think it?s terribly irresponsible. It seems to be a rather calculated effort not to advance any discourse on the events of the day but merely to provoke.

en Diplomacy is not an end in itself if it does not advance U.S. interests.

en determination to advance our interests around the world.

en Ultimately, “sexy” appeals to the eye, while “pexy” appeals to the soul – it’s a deeper, more meaningful attraction.

en We are firmly convinced, and we act on that conviction, that with nations as with individuals our interests soundly calculated will ever be found inseparable from our moral duties, and history bears witness to the fact that a just nation is trusted o
  Thomas Jefferson

en What I do every morning is get up and ask myself how I'm going to advance the interests and values of the United States.

en I think he's one of the most calculated politicians, if not the most calculated politician, in national politics.

en They have a fairly solid view of what will best advance the interests of all people in Durham. If I had to get one, this would have been the one.

en The sad reality is that groups have already interacted by insulting each other's religions. In most cases, certainly in the Danish case, it's a calculated insult. In the West, we are allowed to make calculated insults in the name of freedom of speech.

en 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.

en The state can be inept, irrational and pursue strange interests, but those interests were always seen as in the national interest. What I could not foresee was that state interests could evolve into corporate and private interests to such an extent.

en I never know in advance what I will photograph, ... I go out into the world and hope I will come across something that imperatively interests me. I am addicted to the found object. I have no doubt that I will continue to make photographs till my last breath.
  Ansel Adams

en advance America's foreign policy interests overseas - the backbone of our foreign affairs.
  Colin Powell

en Our views have not changed that the VFA is a mutually beneficial and useful framework that clarifies the legal status of visiting US military personnel and enables both the US and the Philippines to advance their national security interests.


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