Justify Quotes

675 Justify quotes by 548 unique authors

Comparing to another activity is useful if it helps you formulate questions, it's dangerous when you use it to justify answers. — Martin Fowler
The truth is far from you, so you know you got to lie. Then you're all the time defending what you can never justify. — Bob Dylan
The ends justify the means mindset has been the impetus behind many a cruel medical or social experiment. — James Morcan
And it may be that a crowd at a particular moment of history creates the object to justify its gathering, as it did at the… — Jennifer Egan
When activists need a pretext to justify their violence, they always find it. — Charb
If we believe that Jesus of Nazareth is the only begotten Son of God and that He came into this world and went to the… — Martyn
I had given up magic, because it had reached a state of perfection. I felt that I was able to transform men into animals. I… — Wolfgang Hildesheimer
When you value your integrity at the highest level, living alignment with your word and following through with your commitments no matter what, there are… — Hal Elrod
Every single American can exclaim, 'Nothing justifies what they did in New York and Washington,' not even the bombs that our government has dropped on… — Jacob G. Hornberger
I have consciously sought after those things which make for value, order, richness, spirit and wonder, even though I am often unable to verbalize what… — Luci Swindoll
The end justifies the means only when the means used are such as actually bring about the desired and desirable end. — John Dewey
I should say, the one thing you run into is, if you're trying to raise a round you have to decide, well, how much money… — David Plotz
L]iberalism holds that the resources (divine and human) that are available for the achievement of meaningful change justify an attitude of ultimate optimism — James Luther Adams
I fear you do not fully comprehend the danger of abridging the liberties of the people. Nothing but the sternest necessity can ever justify it.… — Abraham Lincoln
The truth seems to be that propaganda on its own cannot force its way into unwilling minds; neither can it inculcate something wholly new; nor… — Eric Hoffer
A pessimist asked God for relief. Ah, you wish me to restore your hope and cheerfulness, said God. No, replied the petitioner, I wish you… — Ambrose Bierce
There is no truth sure enough to justify persecution. — John Milton
I do not believe that any political campaign justifies the declaration of a moratorium on ordinary common sense. — Dwight D. Eisenhower
When the laws are written and administered by the most powerful leaders in a society, it is human nature for them to understand, justify, and… — Jimmy Carter
So often I wonder whether it is my right to capitalize, as I feel, so often, on the grief of others. But then I justify,… — Mark Z. Danielewski
Only he deserves power who every day justifies it. — Dag Hammarskjold
there is no prescribed route to follow to arrive at a new idea. You have to make the intuitive leap. But the difference is that… — Stephen Hawking
Art must be unaesthetic in the extreme, useless and impossible to justify. — Francis Picabia
Banks and donors and charities claimed to have had successes in Mozambique. I suspected they invented these successes to justify their existence. — Paul Theroux
Asked whether donor nations may be becoming fatigued ... The fatigue may be there, but I don't think we can justify it in the face… — Kofi Annan

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