“Most "necessary evils" are far more evil than necessary.”
“Religion is a by-product of fear. For much of human history it may have been a necessary evil, but why was it more evil than necessary? Isn’t killing people in the name of god a pretty good definition of insanity?”
“Marriage is a necessary evil”
“War may sometimes be a necessary evil. But no matter how necessary, it is always an evil, never a good. We will not learn to live together in peace by killing each other's children.”
“Do not let us mistake necessary evils for good.”
“The social order, though necessary, is essentially evil, whatever it may be.”