Defensible Quotes

17 quotes by 17 authors

The only defensible war is a war of defense. — Gilbert K. Chesterton
A first grader should understand that her or his culture isn't a rational invention; that there are thousands of other cultures and they all work… — Kurt Vonnegut
If a being suffers there can be no moral justification for refusing to take that suffering into consideration. No matter what the nature of the… — Peter Singer
After a lifetime in this subject, I have concluded that the extraterrestrial hypothesis is one reasonable tentative approach to putting the best-documented and most puzzling… — Jerome Clark
Israel exists; it has a right to exist in peace behind secure and defensible borders; and it has a right to demand of its neighbors… — Ronald Reagan
I've always found paranoia to be a perfectly defensible position. — Pat Conroy
The major wars that the U.S. became involved in are all ethically defensible. — Liu Xiaobo
Embracing a certain quotient of racial bias and discrimination against the poor is an inexorable aspect of supporting capital punishment. This is an immoral condition… — Bryan Stevenson
The force of truth that a statement imparts, then, its prominence among the hordes of recorded observations that I may optionally apply to my own… — Nicholson Baker
We don't have enough solid organs for transplantation; not enough kidneys, livers, hearts, lungs. When you get a liver and you have three people who… — Ezekiel Emanuel
When we look at investing, we always think about 'how defensible is this, how likely is it that somebody is going to copy this.' E-commerce… — Niklas Zennstrom
The two policies that Ken Clarke is most famous for are his opposition to the Iraq war and being a very defensible and quite courageous… — Vince Cable
One must dig deeply into opposing points of view in order to know whether your own position remains defensible. Iron sharpens iron. — Francis Collins
Christians have abused, oppressed, enslaved, insulted, tormented, tortured, and killed people in the name of God for centuries, on the basis of a thelogically defensible… — Sam Harris
Whenever I write something, I always want to make sure that what I write is defensible. — Salman Rushdie
I respect those who openly advocate for unlimited immigration to the United States. Open borders is an intellectually coherent, defensible position. — Jan C. Ting
The modern mind tends to be more and more critical and analytical in spirit, hence it must devise for itself an engine of expression which… — Edward Sapir

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