Sentence examples for greater of two evils from inspiring English sources

The greater of two evils?

Their mistake, he says, was "they trusted Sisi". They chose the greater of two evils.

You can reframe it, however, by saying: we get a choice, and not choosing at all can be tantamount in its consequences to choosing the greater of two evils.

They must also realize that, as unhappy as many people are with Trump, some citizens — even on the left — are relieved that the candidate whom they consider the greater of two evils was not elected.

Such warnings have been far blunter from other senior Shiite clerics, particularly Hezbollah, the party of God in Lebanon, which has capitalized on growing Arab anger over civilian deaths by calling on Iraqis to fight against Americans, as the greater of two evils.

When she found out about the investigations, shortly after joining the lab, she nonetheless decided to stay because, as is often the case, she thought that switching labs would be the greater of two evils.

"To choose between right and wrong is simple," Zooni's mother had cautioned, "but what defines life is the decision between the greater of two goods or the lesser of two evils".

Another reaction was that it was the lesser of two evils, with the greater evil being that the Celera data would not be released at all.

We want to make elections into about something different: Not the lesser of two evils, but the greater good.

One lesson for politicians here may be how to be the lesser of two evils rather than the great hope for the future.

We may decide that creating embryos to use for research is the lesser of two evils, with the terrible suffering caused by diseases being the greater evil.