Justify Quotes

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Scepticism is never certain of itself, being less a firm intellectual position than a pose to justify bad behavior. — Fulton J. Sheen
And that law of the land which is constitutional, supporting that principle of freedom in maintaining rights and privileges, belongs to all mankind, and is… — Joseph Smith, Jr.
If discrimination based on race is constitutionally permissible when those who hold the reins can come up with "compelling" reasons to justify it, then constitutional… — William O. Douglas
To attempt to enumerate the complicated variety of mischiefs in the whole system of the social economy, which proceed from a neglect of the maxims… — Alexander Hamilton
The voyage of the best ship is a zigzag line of a hundred tacks. See the line from a sufficient distance, and it straightens itself… — Ralph Waldo Emerson
Success in one role can't justify failure in another. — Stephen Covey
If you wait until circumstances justify your thinking pleasant thoughts, you are likely to wait forever. — Maxwell Maltz
No man, however enslaved to his appetites, or hurried by his passions, can, while he preserves his intellects unimpaired, please himself with promoting the corruption… — Samuel Johnson
The end doesn't justify the means. — Unknown Author
Why do we need to justify God's existence? He exists. We need to justify our own existence. — Hamza Yusuf
People may hurt you but God will heal you. People may humiliate you but God will honour you. People may judge you but God will… — Nicky Gumbel
It is faith alone that justifies, but faith that justifies can never be alone. — John Calvin
To maintain their power, dominant groups create and maintain a popular system of 'commonsense' ideas that support their right to rule. In the United States,… — Patricia Hill Collins
You shouldn't have to justify your work. — Judy Chicago
I do not pretend that I have led a blameless life, or that one fault justifies another, but the public in judging a case like… — Ned Kelly
And I don't like people who eat powdered doughnuts. I don't car how careful you are, they're just plain messy. I can't believe they taste… — Erin McKean
If men want to oppose war, it is statism that they must oppose. So long as they hold the tribal notion that the individual is… — Ayn Rand
When we dehumanise and demonise our opponents, we abandon the possibility of peacefully resolving our differences, and seek to justify violence against them. — Nelson Mandela
When you say, ‘I have nothing to hide,’ you’re saying, ‘I don’t care about this right.’ You’re saying, ‘I don’t have this right, because I’ve… — Edward Snowden
Advertising justifies its existence when used in the public interest-it is much too powerful a tool to use solely for commercial purposes. — Howard Gossage
All the same, they [books] do serve some purpose. Culture doesn't save anything or anyone, it doesn't justify. But it's a product of man: he… — Jean-Paul Sartre
In America, you’re allowed to justify almost any kind of bigotry, sexism, or intolerance if you source it to God’s big book of bad ideas. — Bill Maher
To justify and extol human greed and egotism is to my mind not only immoral, but evil. — Gore Vidal
The truth is that, though we were justified by faith alone, the faith that justifies is never alone (it always produces fruit, 'good works,'...a transformed… — J I Packer
Don't expect your genius to be discovered; do what you must do because it gives you joy. Don't expect your love to be accepted. Love… — Paulo Coelho

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