Indefensible Quotes

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You can't defend the indefensible - anything you say sounds self-serving and hypocritical. — Diane Abbott
Respecting other people's cultures is well and good, but I draw the line at where some branches of Islam, what they do to women. It's… — Jello Biafra
I feel that the recent ruling of the United States Army and Navy regarding the refusal of colored blood donors is an indefensible one from… — Charles R. Drew
If any of us hopes to survive, she must meet the extremity of the American female condition with immediate and political response. The thoroughly destructive… — June Jordan
Imposition of the death penalty is arbitrary and capricious. Decision of who will live and who will die for his crime turns less on the… — Gerald Heaney
It is hard for a black man to just be himself. We spend so much time in defense of something that is indefensible because there… — Kevin Eubanks
So far as this argument is concerned nonhuman animals and infants and retarded humans are in the same category; and if we use this argument… — Peter Singer
Greyhound racing is a self-regulating gambling business that depends on the uncontrolled breeding and unaccountable disappearance of thousands of dogs every year. That is a… — Annette Crosbie
In our time, political speech and writing are largely the defense of the indefensible... Thus, political language has to consist largely of euphemism, question-begging, and… — George Orwell
I do not want and will not take a royalty on any record I record. I think paying a royalty to a producer or engineer… — Steve Albini
The lines we draw that make us who we are are potent by virtue of being non-negotiable, and even, at some level, indefensible. — Walter Kirn
I don't hate humanity and I'm not interested in people who do. Although, it's funny, actually, some of my favorite writers really do. Like Martin… — Elizabeth Gilbert
I made a big mistake. It is indefensible and I am sorry. — William J. Clinton
Will we rise to the challenge and prove our capacity for genuine altruism by ending our ruthless exploitation of the species in our power, not… — Peter Singer
I must be absolutely clear about this. Britain cannot accept the present situation on the budget. It is demonstrably unjust. It is politically indefensible. I… — Margaret Thatcher
The slight variations in extracting procedure cause many of the amygdalin (Vitamin B-17, Laetrile) molecules to change to a form unknown to nature(:) isomers...There are… — Ernst T. Krebs
We can never totally return to the indefensible pre-1967 borders, ... We simply cannot afford to make Israel 14.48 km (9 miles) wide again at… — Ehud Olmert
Now I have no doubt that Mitt Romney was worried about pink slips - whether he was going to have enough of them to hand… — Rick Perry
I pledge impertinence to the flag waving, of the unindicted co-conspirators of America, and to the republicans for which I can't stand, one abomination, underhanded… — Matt Groening
In an essay 10 years ago, I pointed out that it is utterly logical for polygamy rights to follow gay rights. After all, if traditional… — Charles Krauthammer

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