Justifications Quotes

34 Justifications quotes by 32 unique authors

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… — Unknown Author
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. — Unknown Author
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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