Justification Quotes

368 quotes by 302 authors

Here seems now no reasonable justification for continuing any civil plutonium program. — Jinzaburo Takagi
It's very difficult to talk about the war dead and the fallen without invoking valor, without invoking the words 'heroes.' I feel ... uncomfortable about… — Chris Hayes
...eating animals involves an intentional decision to participate in the suffering and death of nonhumans where there is no plausible moral justification. — Gary L. Francione
We have entered a new phase of culture - we may call it the Age of the Cinema - in which the most amazing perfection… — Christopher Dawson
Once we admit that there is room for newness - that there are vastly more conceivable possibilities than realized outcomes - we must confront the… — Paul Romer
I feel uncomfortable about the word hero because it seems to me that it is so rhetorically proximate to justifications for more war. Um, and,… — Chris Hayes
The inner change, justification, is effected at the moment of salvation. The outer change in the believer's daily walk, sanctification, continues throughout life. But the… — Neil T Anderson
I love it when my justifications for avoiding housework are actually legitimate. — Julie Kenner
During my tenure at the Endowment, I often found that those who did us the most damage did so under the justification of helping us… — John Frohnmayer
Every man, therefore, who expects justification by works, must see to it, not that he is better than other men, or that he is very… — Charles Hodge
Freedom is a need of the soul, and nothing else. It is in striving toward God that the soul strives continually after a condition of… — Whittaker Chambers
It kills me how these days everyone has clinical justification for their strangeness. — Miguel Syjuco
You guys that worry about eating clean are actually merely bodybuilders looking for justification for your obsession with abs. You cannot get big and strong… — Mark Rippetoe
There is no logical basis to support the theory that plants feel pain. The dubious possibility that they might, however, is no justification for killing… — Joanne Stepaniak
We want character but without unyielding conviction; we want strong morality but without the emotional burden of guilt or shame; we want virtue but without… — James Davison Hunter
The talent for self-justification is surely the finest flower of human evolution, the greatest achievement of the human brain. When it comes to justifying actions,… — Michael Foley
We [writers] must know that we can never escape the common misery and that our only justification, if indeed there is a justification, is to… — Albert Camus
There comes a moment when the things one has written, even a traveler's memories, stand up and demand a justification. They require an explanation. They… — Anne Morrow Lindbergh
To have a proper understanding of the gospel, we must recognise that we need to lean entirely upon the Lord Jesus Christ and his mercy… — John Calvin
Self-justification and judging others go together, as justification by grace and serving others go together. — Dietrich Bonhoeffer

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