Noun
an expedient adopted only in desperation
Source: WordNetWar should be the politics of last resort. And when we go to war, we should have a purpose that our people understand and support. Colin Powell
I believe that man is in the last resort so free a being that his right to be what he believes himself to be cannot be contested. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
In situations of sparse resources along with degraded self-images and depoliticized sensibilities, one avenue for poor people is in existential rebellion and anarchic expression. The capacity to produce social chaos is the last resort of desperate people. Cornel West
O light! This is the cry of all the characters of ancient drama brought face to face with their fate. This last resort was ours, too, and I knew it now. In the middle of winter I at last discovered that there was in me an invincible summer. Albert Camus
Every man is his own doctor of divinity, in the last resort. Robert Louis Stevenson
You can't disobey the rules every time you disapprove. However, when you're considering something that constitutes an extreme abridgement of your rights, conscience is the court of last resort. Mario Savio