The end does not justify the means. No one's rights can be secured by the violation of the rights of others. — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
No one justifies lying, cheating, betraying, promise breaking, devastating and harming strangers. But we expect and we tolerate doing this to the… — Peter Kreeft Copy Share Image
The preceding criticism justifies the following definition of the entire human: human existence as the life of "unmotivated" celebration, celebration in all… — Georges Bataille Copy Share Image
I fail to understand how you can justify a poll tax on the entire population, yet exclude a significant proportion of that… — Jonathan Dimbleby Copy Share Image
Does a soldier go to war in order to kill the enemy? no, he goes in order to die for his country.… — Paulo Coelho 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
“God does not require a perfect, sinless life to have fellowship with Him, but He does require that we be serious about… — Jerry Bridges Copy Share Image
We cannot justify treating any sentient nonhuman as our property, as a resource, as a thing that we an use and kill… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
It is often easier to justify one's self to others than to respond to the secret doubts that arise in one's own… — Margaret Oliphant Copy Share Image
I stand by the stuff I say, even the really stupid stuff. I'll find a way to justify it. — Blake Shelton Copy Share Image
I think there's a preoccupation with the American market to make excuses and justify its past. If it isn't current, it means… — Leon Redbone Copy Share Image
As an actor, the ambition is to play interesting characters. And in the indie genre world, the budgets are low. That allows… — A. J. Bowen Copy Share Image
I have never yet had anyone who could, through the use of logic and reason, justify the Federal Government borrowing the use… — Wright Patman Copy Share Image
I understood, not with my intellect but with my whole being, that no theories of the rationality of existence or of progress… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Why do we need to justify God's existence? He exists. We need to justify our own existence. — Hamza Yusuf Copy Share Image
I took little interest in fleshly infants; it being my private opinion that their attractions did not justify the fuss that was… — Dorothy Cottrell Copy Share Image
But how,” said Charles, who was close to tears, “how can you possibly justify cold-blooded murder?’ Henry lit a cigarette. “I prefer… — Donna Tartt Copy Share Image
A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued,… — Anonymous Copy Share Image
Despite his profound incompetence on many levels, Obama has been an adept propagandist who has blamed capitalism for problems caused and magnified… — David Limbaugh Copy Share Image
As I said in one of my songs, we're still abolishing slavery, but nobody says it's a good thing. Nobody justifies it. — Dar Williams Copy Share Image
Apartheid — both petty and grand — is obviously evil. Nothing can justify the arrogant assumption that a clique of foreigners has… — Steven Biko Copy Share Image
In dealing with Mr. Nixon, it is not easy to be unfair. He invites and justifies all available criticism. — John Kenneth Galbraith Copy Share Image
In order for the State in the person of school officials to justify prohibition of a particular expression of opinion, it must… — Abe Fortas Copy Share Image
There is no economic policy. That's really important to say. The general modus operandi of the Bushies is that they don't make… — Paul Krugman Copy Share Image
If men want to oppose war, it is statism that they must oppose. So long as they hold the tribal notion that… — Ayn Rand Copy Share Image
