Justify Quotes

It is not impossible to think that the minds of philosophers sometimes act like those of other mortals, and that, having once been determined by diverse circumstances to adopt certain views, they then look for and naturally find reasons to justify these views.

The war on terror is the most insane and immoral war of all time. The Americans are doing what they did in Vietnam, bombing villages. But how can a civilised nation do this? How can you can eliminate suspects, their wives, their children, their families, their neighbours? How can you justify this?

Malt does more than Milton can to justify God's ways to man.

It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts.

A Code of Honor: Never approach a friend's girlfriend or wife with mischief as your goal. There are just too many women in the world to justify that sort of dishonorable behavior. Unless she's really attractive.

History is a tool used by politicians to justify their intentions.

It got to the point in the late 70s and early 80s that I was spending so much money buying golden age comics that I could only justify it if I got work in the media.

Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence.

Racists are irrational and illogical in their attempts to justify their prejudices.

Christians take Scriptures out of context to try to justify or to vindicate retreat and cowardice.

Everything must justify its existence before the judgment seat of Reason, or give up existence.

While I remain troubled by the Corps' inability to fully justify the Model they used for their commercial traffic predictions, America clearly has an aging lock and dam infrastructure on the Mississippi.

It was an interesting question as to whether the BBC had a future in the digital world, and what form of market failure could justify the licence fee system.

You shouldn't have to justify your work.

If the end does not justify the means - what can?

Research on child abuse suggests that religious beliefs can foster, encourage, and justify the abuse of children. When contempt for sex underlies teachings, this creates a breeding ground for abuse.

American Gods is about 200,000 words long, and I'm sure there are words that are simply in there 'cause I like them. I know I couldn't justify each and every one of them.

One must not attempt to justify them, but rather to sense their nature simply and clearly.

I had to go to a mirror and look at it. I couldn't picture myself in my own head. I had no image beyond a stick figure. I wasn't a mean person as a kid, or dumb, and something has to be said to justify excluding you.

There's always been some moron-who usually went by the name of 'producer' - who would have to justify his existence, and interfere.

Furniture manufacturing in plastics requires very costly machinery, which the Danish market is not big enough to justify. Or so they say. But show me a plastics manufacturer who dares to take on the experiment.

Disapproval of homosexuality cannot justify invading the houses, hearts and minds of citizens who choose to live their lives differently.

The individual who has to justify his existence by his own efforts is in eternal bondage to himself.

Fear of serious injury alone cannot justify oppression of free speech and assembly. Men feared witches and burnt women. It is the function of speech to free men from the bondage of irrational fears.

Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it.

I came from a family who believed in, in quotes, the Rights of Man, who believed that in order to justify the sort of luxurious life that the majority of us have, related to the whole world, that you had to do something.

I'm not a Hollywood basher because enough good movies come out of the Hollywood system every year to justify its existence, without any apologies.

People will justify whatever for a good cause.

Doesn't the fight for survival also justify swindle and theft? In self defence, anything goes.

Anderson's muckraking is one of debatable ends constantly used to justify questionable works.