Justification is the truly dramatic transition from the status of a condemned criminal awaiting a terrible sentence to that of an heir… — J. I. Packer Copy Share Image
Justification for infidelity and dishonesty in all their manifestations lies in the marginal cost economics of “just this once. — Anonymous Copy Share Image
The justification of majority rule in politics is not to be found in its ethical superiority. — Walter Lippmann Copy Share Image
ACCUSE, v.t. To affirm another's guilt or unworth; most commonly as a justification of ourselves for having wronged him. — Ambrose Bierce Copy Share Image
If we have a better understanding of knowledge than we do of such justification or competence, then we can explain the latter… — Ernest Sosa Copy Share Image
Winners see the dream and develop plans while the rest see the obstacles and develop justifications. — Orrin Woodward Copy Share Image
You can find justification for slavery in the Bible. Some say this is what the Bible says and that closes the argument. — Desmond Tutu Copy Share Image
“Any work aspiring to be art however humble should carry its justification in every line.” — Joseph Conrad Copy Share Image
We cannot simply speak out against an escalation of troops in Iraq, we must act to prevent it... There can be no… — Edward Kennedy Copy Share Image
All presidents - particularly war presidents, presidents inclined to the imperial presidency - invoke Abraham Lincoln as a justification, but they omit… — William Lee Miller Copy Share Image
So great is the worth of Dostoevsky that to have produced him is by itself sufficient justification for the existence of the… — Nikolai Berdyaev Copy Share Image
Your religious beliefs are your business. They are not and should not be the basis for law. If you use them as… — Jim C. Hines Copy Share Image
“We have seen that the early church fathers didn’t have clarity on justification by faith alone. At the same time, they didn’t… — Thomas R. Schreiner Copy Share Image
Killing animals for sport, for pleasure, for adventure, and for hides and furs is a phenomena which is at once disgusting and… — Dalai Lama Copy Share Image
In many churches, the message of justification- how to get right with God- is preached over and over again. But much less… — Nancy Pearcey Copy Share Image
“A person who is seeking to feel justification for some action might move from “What you’ve done angers me” to “What you’ve… — Gavin de Becker Copy Share Image
Every collectivist revolution rides in on a Trojan horse of "emergency". It was the tactic of Lenin, Hitler, and Mussolini. In the… — Herbert Hoover 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
What has changed since the collapse of Jim Crow has less to do with the basic structure of our society than with… — Michelle Alexander Copy Share Image
“In justification, God imputes or counts over to the sinner the righteousness of Christ. In sanctification, God imparts the righteousness of the… — G.H. Gerberding Copy Share Image
“We shall be judged according to our works – this is why we are exhorted to do good works. The Bible assuredly… — Dietrich Bonhoeffer Copy Share Image
People don't want to think. And the deeper they get into trouble, the less they want to think. But by some sort… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
Myself and Yorgos Lanthimos, we spoke a little bit and I was at a certain body weight that I was closer to… — Colin Farrell 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
To state that lethal force should not be used without a proper legal justification is to state the obvious. — Keir Starmer Copy Share Image
By all means, avoid words—threats, complaints, justification, narratives, reframing, attempts to win arguments, supplications; avoid words! — Nassim Nicholas Taleb Copy Share Image
The evidence of justification by faith is the ongoing work of sanctification through the Holy Spirit. — Paul Washer Copy Share Image
...eating animals involves an intentional decision to participate in the suffering and death of nonhumans where there is no plausible moral justification. — Gary L. Francione Copy Share Image
As the Internet breaks down the last justifications for a professional class of politicians, it also builds up the tools for replacing… — Aaron Swartz Copy Share Image
“We all are like filthy rags in the site of God; not one clean enough, good enough, righteous enough, to stand before… — Robin Bertram Copy Share Image
“Justification is a legal declaration that the sinner is acquitted from the guilt of sin, and is considered righteous before God.” — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Even irrefutable evidence is rarely enough to pierce the mental armor of self-justification. — Carol Tavris Copy Share Image
Illusions... are simple facts, but they have been created by the mind, by the spirit, and they are one of the justifications… — Georges Braque Copy Share Image
Right, left, Greens, Baathists, whatever: it comes down to grabbing and holding power and using ideology - or religion, race - as… — Garry Kasparov Copy Share Image
“All numbers in logic must be capable of justification. Or rather it must become plain that there are no numbers in… — Ludwig Wittgenstein Copy Share Image
I don't feel there is any spiritual or metaphysical justification for turning our backs on human suffering. — Marianne Williamson Copy Share Image
In sha Allah, God willing, must be the expression of humility of the active actors and it must never be the justification… — Tariq Ramadan Copy Share Image
“People with low self-confidence and self-esteem often feel nervous about antagonizing others and tend to rate others’ needs more highly than their… — Oscar Auliq-Ice Copy Share Image
The article of justification is fragile. Not in itself, of course, but in us. I know how quickly a person can forfeit… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
The truth is, narratives of self-justification burble beneath more of our relationships and endeavors than we would care to admit. — Tullian Tchividjian Copy Share Image
