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Justification Quotes by Ayn Rand
- Socialism is the doctrine that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that his life and his work do not belong to…
- Every movement that seeks to enslave a country, every dictatorship or potential dictatorship, needs some minority group as a scapegoat which it can blame for…
- The moral justification of capitalism does not lie in the altruist claim that it represents the best way to achieve 'the common good.' It is…
- Ideas, in a free society, are not a crime- and neither can they serve as the justification of a crime.
- [Altruism] is a moral system which holds that man has no right to exist for his own sake, that service to others is the sole…
- When you have established that one alternative is good and the other is evil, there is no justification for the choice of a mixture. There…
- There can be no justification for choosing any part of that which one knows to be evil.
- I do not seek the good of others as a sanction for my right to exist, nor do I recognize the good of others as…
- People don't want to think. And the deeper they get into trouble, the less they want to think. But by some sort of instinct, they…
More Justification Quotes
- Moral justification is a powerful disengagement mechanism. Destructive conduct is made personally and socially acceptable by portraying it in the service of… — Albert Bandura
- I want to say that nobody accuses their parents of abusing them without justification to do that. I didn't just make it… — Roseanne Barr
- Dealing with complexity is an inefficient and unnecessary waste of time, attention and mental energy. There is never any justification for things… — Edward de Bono
- We are cups, constantly and quietly being filled. The trick is, knowing how to tip ourselves over and let the beautiful stuff… — Ray Bradbury
- Those who lack the courage will always find a philosophy to justify it. — Albert Camus
- The only justification for repressive institutions is material and cultural deficit. But such institutions, at certain stages of history, perpetuate and produce… — Noam Chomsky
- Let me say this as clearly as I can: No matter how sharp a grievance or how deep a hurt, there is… — William J. Clinton
- A lot of people in spiritual life use the awareness of difference, and the spiritual glorification of difference, as a justification to… — Andrew Cohen
- A structure becomes architectural, and not sculptural, when its elements no longer have their justification in nature. — Guillaume Apollinaire
- If circumcision has any justification AT ALL, it should be medical only. Parents' religion is the worst of all reasons - pure… — Richard Dawkins
- Reforms to our complex and dysfunctional immigration system should not in any way favor those who came here illegally over the millions… — Mike Lee
- And when he is obliged to take the life of any one, to do so when there is a proper justification and… — Niccolo Machiavelli