The Declaration of Independence was to set forth the moral justification of a rebellion against a long-recognized political tradition - the divine… — Ezra Taft Benson Copy Share Image
“Has it not ‘dawned’ on us that many of the things that we incessantly blame others for are actually things that our… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
Our understanding of early Christian beginnings is usually monolithic. It is much determined by the Acts of the Apostles, which pictures a… — Elisabeth Schussler Fiorenza Copy Share Image
The chicken noticed that the farmer came every day to feed it. It predicted that the farmer would continue to bring food… — Bertrand Russell Copy Share Image
Moral justification is a powerful disengagement mechanism. Destructive conduct is made personally and socially acceptable by portraying it in the service of… — Albert Bandura Copy Share Image
Our justification hinges on a risen life, present in us now because Christ is present with us now. — Paul F. M. Zahl Copy Share Image
I take comfort in knowing that it was the shepherds to whom the angels appeared when they announced Christ's birth. Invariably throughout… — Rich Mullins Copy Share Image
You guys that worry about eating clean are actually merely bodybuilders looking for justification for your obsession with abs. You cannot get… — Mark Rippetoe Copy Share Image
“But ever since the dawn of civilization, people have not been content to see events as unconnected and inexplicable. They have craved… — Stephen Hawking Copy Share Image
The grounds of your justification are the perfect works of Jesus Christ. We're saved by works, but they're not our own. — R. C. Sproul Copy Share Image
There's no justification to not be paid the same as the men. We do everything the men do. — Becky Sauerbrunn Copy Share Image
Anarchists try to identify power structures. They urge those exercising power to justify themselves. This justification does not succeed most of the… — Noam Chomsky Copy Share Image
The great tasks facing the ecclesial community in the modern world - and among the many I particularly stress evangelization and ecumenism… — Pope Benedict XVI Copy Share Image
The usual justification for eating extra meals is that it keeps the metabolism 'revved up' so that weight loss is easier. There… — Andrew Weil Copy Share Image
Once we have taken the backward step to an abstract view of our whole system of beliefs, evidence, and justification, and seen… — Thomas Nagel Copy Share Image
How many times have I heard in France of women who have been married for many years and the husband has had… — Marilyn Yalom Copy Share Image
Certitude is seized by some minds, not because there is any philosophical justification for it, but because such minds have an emotional… — Robert Anton Wilson Copy Share Image
The only justification in the use of force is to reduce the amount of force necessary to be used. — Alfred North Whitehead Copy Share Image
[P]erhaps you notice how the denial is so often the preface to the justification. — Christopher Hitchens Copy Share Image
What is past is past. never go back. Not for excuses. Not for justification, not for happiness. You are what you are,… — Mario Puzo Copy Share Image
Solid scriptural theology should be valued in the church. Books in which Scripture is reverently regarded as the only rule of faith… — J. C. Ryle Copy Share Image
“To make it quite practical I have a very simple test. After I have explained the way of Christ to somebody I… — Martyn Lloyd-Jones Copy Share Image
Either CS (coordinate system) could be used with equal justification. The two sentences: the sun is at rest and the earth moves,… — Albert Einstein Copy Share Image