Permissible Quotes

War is just when it is necessary; arms are permissible when there is no hope except in arms.

When artists make art, they shouldn't question whether it is permissible to do one thing or another.

Science has everything to say about what is possible. Science has nothing to say about what is permissible.

What is permissible is not always honorable.

Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul.

I contend that in the kind of nonfiction I write, and that other people also pursue, anything is permissible provided the reader knows what you're taking liberties with.

When you have a crime against humanity that is so awesome in scale and death, it is more than permissible to look around and say, who recently has been declaring war on the United States? Of course, the compass points straight to bin Laden.

It turns out umpires and judges are not robots or traffic cameras, inertly monitoring deviations from a fixed zone of the permissible. They are humans.

By the Obama administration's reasoning, it would be constitutionally permissible to make Americans purchase nearly any product (broccoli, gym membership) that improved their health and thereby contributed to lower health-care costs.

All sport... is one of the few activities where young people can proceed along traditional avenues, where objectives are clear, where the desire to win is not only permissible, but encouraged.