Deplored Quotes

We are not to judge thrift solely by the test of saving or spending. If one spends what he should prudently save, that certainly is to be deplored. But if one saves what he should prudently spend, that is not necessarily to be commended. A wise balance between the two is the desired end. - Owen D. Young

Unacceptable and should be deplored. - Abdel Rahman

Things have got to be wrong in order that they may be deplored. - Alfred Whitney Griswold

The Spirit of Slumber which the Poison of the old Serpent has brought upon the children of Men is to be deplored exceedingly. - Cotton Mather

The incidents last night are deplored by ourselves, but it is understandable. People see that peaceful protest isn't getting them anywhere. - David Jones

It is important, of course, that controversies be settled right, but there are many civil questions which arise between individuals in which it is not so important the controversy be settled one way or another as that it be settled. Of course a settlement of a controversy on a fundamentally wrong principle of law is greatly to be deplored, but there must of necessity be many rules governing the relations between members of the same society that are more important in that their establishment creates a known rule of action than that they proceed on one principle or another. Delay works always for the man with the longest purse. - William Howard Taft