Justification Quotes

368 quotes by 300 authors

God's designs may be frequent justification for our actions, but it is we, the self-made men, who take the credit. — Arthur Erickson
On the justification for the war, it wasn't related to finding any particular weapon of mass destruction. — Stephen Harper
If we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular object is not sufficient justification… — Friedrich August von Hayek
The man of science has learned to believe in justification, not by faith, but by verification. — Thomas Huxley
I guess as long as people think of me for different ages, I'll trust their opinion. I remember noticing one year that Michelle Monaghan played… — Anna Kendrick
The tyrant dies and his rule is over, the martyr dies and his rule begins. — Soren Kierkegaard
An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason. — C.S. Lewis
Eroticism has its own moral justification because it says that pleasure is enough for me; it is a statement of the individual's sovereignty. — Mario Vargas Llosa
We have a responsibility as a state to protect our most vulnerable citizens: our children, seniors, people with disabilities. That is our moral obligation. But… — John Lynch
I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it. The brave man is not he who does not feel… — Nelson Mandela
If I have any justification for having lived it's simply, I'm nothing but faults, failures and so on, but I have tried to make a… — Arthur Miller
Since 9/11, the Bush administration has used that tragic event as a justification to rip up our constitution and our civil liberties. And I honestly… — Michael Moore
I want young people to be hesitant to glorify war and to demand of their leaders justification for the sacrifices they ask of our citizens. — Walter Dean Myers
I wish I had fair justification for not being as informed as I should be, but I don't. — Joaquin Phoenix
Any actor who judges his character is a fool - for every role you play you've got to absorb that character's motives and justifications. — Alan Rickman
Woman: the peg on which the wit hangs his jest, the preacher his text, the cynic his grouch and the sinner his justification. — Helen Rowland
Every philosophical problem, when it is subjected to the necessary analysis and justification, is found either to be not really philosophical at all, or else… — Bertrand Russell
Those who love him love that he sells the most art; they take it as a point of faith that this proves Kinkade is the… — Jerry Saltz
People often say that humans have always eaten animals, as if this is a justification for continuing the practice. According to this logic, we should… — Isaac Bashevis Singer
Saving faith is an immediate relation to Christ, accepting, receiving, resting upon Him alone, for justification, sanctification, and eternal life by virtue of God's grace. — Charles Spurgeon

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