The will of the people should not be forsaken for expedience, the body politic not sacrificed for Realpolitik.
Those ideals still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience's sake.
IN baseball's modern era — that is, A.D., or After Durocher — many key roles have been updated for expedience.
American ideals, such as the rule of law, "still light the world, and we will not give them up for expedience's sake".
Jammu and Kashmir was once an even larger domain, an unnatural amalgam of fiefs brought together for expedience by the subcontinent's British colonial masters.
In a thinly-veiled reference to Guantánamo and torture he promised not to abandon the rule of law and human rights "for expedience's sake".
Now aged 61, there are several signs that he has abandoned ideology for expedience.Mr Ortega won a presidential election in November with just 38% of the vote, thanks to a split in the Liberal party, which had ruled since 1990.
Murray said in a court affidavit that he had been active in the anti-apartheid movement, that he was a former A.N.C. supporter who felt betrayed by heroes who had abandoned ideals for expedience.
I took an oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution as commander-in-chief, and as a citizen, I know that we must never – ever – turn our back on its enduring principles for expedience sake.
To read his words literally, Mr. Obama blamed no one other than the country itself, critiquing "our collective failure to make hard choices" and a willingness to suspend national ideals "for expedience's sake" — a clear reference to the cascade of decisions ranging from interrogation policies to wiretapping to the invasion of Iraq.
Not surprisingly, the solutions for "expedience's sake" were the most popular.
