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
Dictators must have enemies. They must have internal enemies to justify their secret police and external enemies to justify their military forces. — Richard Perle Copy Share Image
Up to a certain point it is good for us to know that there are people in the world who will give… — Eleanor Roosevelt Copy Share Image
Let no man be sorry he has done good, because others concerned with him have done evil! If a man has acted… — Henry Fielding Copy Share Image
In Britain, journalists often view comparisons with our society going back two, three, or seven centuries as more relevant than comparisons going… — Anthony Daniels Copy Share Image
Don't you see? We've become smart enough to justify stupid behavior. Like, 'I'm angry at him and I didn't express it, so… — Carrie Fisher Copy Share Image
Man's life seems to me like a long, weary night that would be intolerable if there were not occasionally flashes of light,… — Hermann Hesse Copy Share Image
People come to have different moral beliefs because they have different non-moral beliefs about relevant facts. People are disposed to believe whatever… — David Wong Copy Share Image
The less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it — Mark Twain Copy Share Image
Why am I obsessed with the idea I can justify myself by getting manuscripts published? Is it an escape-an excuse for any… — Sylvia Plath Copy Share Image
It will never do to plead sin as an excuse for sin, or to attempt to justify sinful acts by pleading that… — Archibald Alexander Copy Share Image
Patriotism is the principle that will justify the training of wholesale murderers. — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
And it may be that a crowd at a particular moment of history creates the object to justify its gathering, as it… — Jennifer Egan Copy Share Image
[Christ's] mission and work it is to help against sin and death, to justify and bring life. He has placed his help… — Martin Luther Copy Share Image
“A compass calibrated by my greed is a rather shrewd way to legitimize my agenda. However, true north on a compass such… — Craig D. Lounsbrough Copy Share Image
The truly powerful ideas are precisely the ones that never have to justify themselves. — Dallas Willard Copy Share Image
He that has once concluded it lawful to resist power, when it wants merit, will soon find a want of merit, to… — Samuel Johnson Copy Share Image
The idea of cultural relativism is nothing but an excuse to violate human rights. Human rights is the fruit of various civilizations.… — Shirin Ebadi Copy Share Image
I like women, especially beautiful ones. If they have a good face and figure, I would much prefer to watch them being… — Dario Argento Copy Share Image
Most maxim-mongers have preferred the prettiness to the justness of a thought, and the turn to the truth; but I have refused… — Lord Chesterfield Copy Share Image
The U.S. military today garrisons the planet in a fashion without historical precedent. Successive administrations, regardless of party, justify and perpetuate this… — Andrew Bacevich Copy Share Image
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