Justifications Quotes

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Religion has run out of justifications. Thanks to the telescope and the microscope, it no longer offers an explanation of anything important. Where once it… — Christopher Hitchens
Just who has imposed on the suffering human race poison gas, barbed wire, high explosives, experiments in eugenics, the formula for zyklon b, heavy artillery,… — David Berlinski
You need to face, you need to confront, and really properly look at what's happening, and not try and explain it away or give it… — Vivian Kubrick
The great religious ages were notable for their indifference to human rights... not only for acquiescence in poverty, inequality, exploitation and oppression, but also for… — Arthur M. Schlesinger, Jr.
You can see the rider serving the elephant when people are morally dumbfounded. They have strong gut feelings about what is right and wrong, and… — Jonathan Haidt
His mind scolded him for his stupidity and urged him to forget her but his heart had no justifications for its stand. It remained unmoved,… — Faraaz Kazi
Our enemy is not lack of preparation; itâ€™s not the difficulty of the project, or the state of the marketplace or the emptiness of our… — Steven Pressfield
Winners see the dream and develop plans while the rest see the obstacles and develop justifications. — Orrin Woodward
Over-reliance on strictly economic justifications has already begun to hurt the quality and range of education at every level of American life. — Charles M. Vest
The missiles come first, and the justifications come second. — E. P. Thompson
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
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
I love it when my justifications for avoiding housework are actually legitimate. — Julie Kenner
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
As the Internet breaks down the last justifications for a professional class of politicians, it also builds up the tools for replacing them. — Aaron Swartz
With all the justifications I have had in place, telling the truth under certain circumstances was in my universe no different than telling a lie… — Mike Rinder
When I did 'Babe' I wanted to talk about animal rights without going through some convoluted justifications about using animal products. — James Cromwell
If this incomplete ayaan hirsi wants fame sooo much then she shouldn't use religion as a base to be known. Some people justify their in… — Ayaan Hirsi Ali
Sex contains all, Bodies, Souls, meanings, proofs, purities, delicacies, results, promulgations, Songs, commands, health, pride, the maternal mystery, the seminal milk; All hopes, benefactions, bestowals,… — Walt Whitman
Psychoanalysis is an attempt to examine a person's self-justifications. Hence it can be undertaken only with the patient's cooperation and can succeed only when the… — Thomas Szasz

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