How his hatred seethed in search of a justifiable excuse.

While criticism of Israel is legitimate and justifiable, it cannot be an excuse - in any way, shape or form - for anti-Semitism.

— Tariq Ramadan

War, in our country, ought never to be resorted to but when it is clearly justifiable and necessary; so much so as not to…

— John C. Calhoun

A speech idiosyncrasy, in the same way as an air quote, is really justifiable only if it's employed very sparingly and if the user…

— Christopher Hitchens

Where two motives, neither of them perfectly justifiable, may be assigned, the worst has the chance of being preferred.

— Edmund Burke

What's great about well-written material is, if you can shock with justifiable actions, that's the best.

— Bryan Cranston

“The end did not justify the means, but justifiable means that brought about a fair and necessary conclusion were not to be dismissed.”

— Robert Ludlum

Some of the justifiable critiques has been by - been so successful in telling this story, you know, there's a danger of saying, oh,…

— Keith Devlin

“Exactly. Since it is morally justifiable, I have only to consider the question of personal risk. Surely a gentleman should not lay much stress…

— Arthur Conan Doyle

No code of ethics and no effort are justifiable a priori in the face of the cruel mathematics that command our condition.

— Albert Camus

While there are cases where even the law recognizes an abortion as justifiable if recommended by a physician, I assert that the hundreds of…

— Margaret Sanger

Therefore coercion of the non-invasive, when justifiable at all, is to be justified on the ground that it secures, not a minimum of '…

— Benjamin Tucker

If someone is killing, on a regular basis, thousands of animals, and if that person can only be stopped in one way by the…

— Jerry Vlasak

The crux of the matter is whether total war in its present form is justifiable, even when it serves a just purpose. Does it…

— John Hersey

“You do know I’m the one person who can shoot you and make it look like justifiable homicide?”

— Shelly Laurenston

The Liberty of the press consists in the right to publish with impunity truth with good motives for justifiable ends, though reflecting on government,…

— Alexander Hamilton