Justification Quotes
368 quotes by 293 authors
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The justification of majority rule in politics is not to be found in its ethical superiority.
— Walter Lippmann
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To do evil a human being must first of all believe that what he's doing is good... Ideology - that is what gives devildoing its…
— Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
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Power is when you have every justification to kill someone, and then you don't.
— Oskar Schindler
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The Dancer believes that his art has something to say which cannot be expressed in words or in any other way than by dancing... there…
— Doris Humphrey
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In our time there are many artists who do something because it is new; they see their value and their justification in this newness. They…
— Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec
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Our justification from sins takes place at the point of saving faith, not at the point of water baptism, which usually occurs later. But if…
— Wayne Grudem
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Self-justification, therefore, is not only about protecting high self-esteem; it's also about protecting low self-esteem if that is how a person sees himself.
— Elliot Aronson
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Democratic elections alone do not remedy the crisis of confidence in government. Moreover, there is no viable justification for a democratic system in which public…
— Beth Simone Noveck
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Much of the impotence of American churches is tied to a profound ignorance and apathy about justification. Our people live in a fog of guilt.…
— Kevin DeYoung
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The reality of the Eucharistic sacrifice has always been at the heart of Catholic faith; called into question in the 16th century, it was solemnly…
— Pope Benedict XVI
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The most obvious purpose of college education is to help students acquire information and knowledge by acquainting them with facts, theories, generalizations, principles, and the…
— Derek Bok
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The Declaration of Independence was to set forth the moral justification of a rebellion against a long-recognized political tradition - the divine right of kings.
— Ezra Taft Benson
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There is no justification for having an affair.
— Shanola Hampton
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It is often observed that the first casualty of war is truth, but how do you tell the truth without betraying the sacrifice of those…
— Stanley Hauerwas
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What makes the United Nations an appropriate source of legitimacy for intervention is that it is the only place where the claims of the strong…
— Michael Ignatieff
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What our leaders and pundits never let slip is that the terrorists - whatever else they might be - might also be rational human beings;…
— William Blum
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All too often, academic departments defend their territory with the passion of cornered animals, though with far less justification.
— Bruce Jackson
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The early Stones were adolescent rockers. They were self-conscious in an obvious and unpretentious way. And they were committed to a musical style that needed…
— Jon Landau
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Without faith, hope and trust, there is no promise for the future, and without a promising future, life has no direction, no meaning and no…
— Adlin Sinclair
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Why is it that, as we grow older, we are so reluctant to change? It is not so much that new ideas are painful, for…
— Dale E. Turner
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