Terrorism': the word that means nothing, yet justifies everything. — Glenn Greenwald Copy Share Image
“33 Who shall accuse the chosen of God’s? God is he that justifies them. 34” — Stendal, Russell M Copy Share Image
There is no question that Israelis - indeed, all concerned Jews - have to continue to work out a Jewish public philosophy… — David Novak Copy Share Image
The end justifies the means only when the means used are such as actually bring about the desired and desirable end. — John Dewey Copy Share Image
It has become intuitively and painfully obvious to me that Prime Minister Netanyahu's definition of 'the right to defend' embraces an invidious… — Al N. Green Copy Share Image
“To some people, it's not the end that justifies the means. It's the process that they're after, (...)” — C.M. Stunich Copy Share Image
“In morals the law of competition no more justifies personal, official, or national selfishness or brutality than the law of gravitation justifies… — Vernon Kellogg Copy Share Image
In the latter case it is often government that organizes the conquest, and religion that justifies it. — Jared Diamond Copy Share Image
“Who shall bring a charge against God's elect? It is God who justifies. Who is he who condemns?" (Rom. 8:33-34a).” — R.C. Sproul Copy Share Image
History justifies whatever we want it to. It teaches absolutely nothing, for it contains everything and gives examples of everything. — Paul Valery Copy Share Image
Science fiction rarely is about scientists doing real science, in its slowness, its vagueness, the sort of tedious quality of getting out… — Kim Stanley Robinson Copy Share Image
While the West tries to turn its civilization into cultural variety hour, Islam tries to turn Muslim lands into a cultural monolith.… — Ben Shapiro Copy Share Image
To declare that in the administration of criminal law the end justifies the means to declare that the Government may commit crimes… — Louis D. Brandeis Copy Share Image
The true test of whether Mr. Obama has improved on the Bush era lies in how his administration justifies its decisions on… — Noah Feldman Copy Share Image
It is a lie that our anger justifies our impulse to hurt or ignore our antagonists. We are to forgive to be… — Henry B. Eyring Copy Share Image
The pleasurable part of public mourning can also lead to a sense of self-sanctification that justifies in advance any war effort, whether… — Judith Butler Copy Share Image
People who lie, particularly those who lie really big, can't do it effectively unless they feel that there's a righteous power behind… — Alex Gibney Copy Share Image
“But don't they say that all is fair in love and war? I heard that somewhere." "'They?' Who are 'they?'" "I don't… — John Connolly Copy Share Image
“Listen, self: If God is for you, who can be against you? He who did not spare his own Son but gave… — John Piper Copy Share Image
Every single American can exclaim, 'Nothing justifies what they did in New York and Washington,' not even the bombs that our government… — Jacob G. Hornberger Copy Share Image
“It is my belief that the sentence "The end justifies the means"—that suppression, repression, and/or murder become somehow acceptable if committed in… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
