Dialogue is a necessary evil.
Doubtless there are times when controversy becomes a necessary evil. But let us remember that it is an evil.
It is said that government is a necessary evil, but it is far more evil than it is necessary.
Government is a necessary evil
Generalities are intellectually necessary evils.
Controversy, though always an evil in itself, is sometimes a necessary evil.
As sure as God is good, so surely there is no such thing as necessary evil.
When you start with a necessary evil, and then over time the necessity passes away, what's left?
Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good.
Most "necessary evils" are far more evil than necessary.
A critic is a necessary evil, and criticism is an evil necessity.
Woman -a foe of friendship, an inescapable punishment, a necessary evil.