Necessary Quotes

If a city or state refuses to take the actions necessary to defend the life and property of their residents, then I will deploy the United States military and quickly solve the problem for them.

– Donald Trump

Threatening use of military force to quell unrest over police brutality and racism.

Hindsight is the historian’s necessary vice.

– Hilary Mantel

Always be a little kinder than necessary.

– James M. Barrie

Maybe forced retirement isn’t necessary after all.

– Ben Stiller

Going to college is neither necessary nor sufficient to be well-educated.

– Alex Tabarrok

The education of peoples is a necessary precondition to peace.

– Carlo Azeglio Ciampi

But I do think its necessary to have debates.

– Geraldine Ferraro

Poetry is necessary, but is the poet?

– Carlos Drummond de Andrade

Politics is a necessary evil, or a necessary annoyance, a necessary conundrum.

– P. J. O’Rourke

If we do what is necessary, all the odds are in our favor.

– Charles Buxton

Justice is a terrible but necessary thing.

– Jessamyn West

Sovereignty is as necessary as ever.

– Pauline Marois

I have the necessary lack of tact.

– Ted Koppel

The superfluous, a very necessary thing.

– Voltaire

Any necessary truth, whether a priori or a posteriori, could not have turned out otherwise.

– Saul Kripke

It is not necessary to change. Survival is not mandatory.

– W. Edwards Deming

Conscription if necessary, but not necessarily conscription.

– William Lyon Mackenzie King