Justify Quotes

675 Justify quotes by 548 unique authors

I think there are certain crimes which the law cannot touch, and which therefore, to some extent, justify private revenge. — Arthur Conan Doyle
I am no longer amazed by how quickly a man will justify his change of heart when a spear is leveled his way. — R A Salvatore
The Government justifies keeping everyone else in poverty because people seem to work the hardest when they're right on the edge of survival. — Margaret Haddix
The thought came over me that never would one full and absolute moment, containing all the others, justify my life, that all of my instants… — Jorge Luis Borges
Some who support [more] coercive strategies assume that children will run wild if they are not controlled. However, the children for whom this is true… — Alfie Kohn
Fanatics can justify practically any atrocity to themselves. The more untenable their position becomes, the harder they hold to it, and the worse the things… — Mercedes Lackey
Yes, it sucked getting dumped. But wasn't it better to just be brutally honest? To admit that your feeling for someone is never going to… — Sarah Dessen
Ayn Rand's 'philosophy' is nearly perfect in its immorality, which makes the size of her audience all the more ominous and symptomatic as we enter… — Gore Vidal
Instead of asking what's wrong with rampant consumerism, we ought to be asking, 'What justifies it?' Popular art does not have to pander to the… — Bill Watterson
The end of suffering does not justify the suffering, what a mess I am, I thought, what a fool, how foolish and narrow, how worthless,… — Jonathan Safran Foer
A Warrior knows that the ends do not justify the means. Because there are no ends, there are only means... — Paulo Coelho
But how,” said Charles, who was close to tears, “how can you possibly justify cold-blooded murder?’ Henry lit a cigarette. “I prefer to think of… — Donna Tartt
Presidents have absolutely gone against the will of Congress. Congress hasn't declared a war since December 7, 1941, and yet we've been at war ever… — Gore Vidal
We cannot justify treating any sentient nonhuman as our property, as a resource, as a thing that we an use and kill for our purposes. — Gary L. Francione
The end justifies the means. But what if there never is an end? All we have is means. — Ursula K. Le Guin
We can no more justify using nonhumans as human resources than we can justify human slavery. Animal use and slavery have at least one important… — Gary L. Francione
If history shows anything, it is that there's no better way to justify relations founded on violence, to make such relations seem moral, than by… — David Graeber
Leisure is only possible when we are at one with ourselves. We tend to overwork as a means of self-escape, as a way of trying… — Josef Pieper
He had a better mind and a more rigorous temperament than me; he thought logically, and then acted on the conclusion of logical thought. Whereas… — Julian Barnes
What do you want? You can't want to be happy, because that's too easy and too boring. You can't want only to love, because that's… — Paulo Coelho
Anarchists try to identify power structures. They urge those exercising power to justify themselves. This justification does not succeed most of the time. — Noam Chomsky
The ones with no imagination are always the quickest to justify themselves. — Haruki Murakami
If and perhaps.... The language of procrastination and uncertainty. That's just people looking to justify their own lack of action. — John Flanagan
Life is nothing in itself. It’s a place marker that proves who’s winning, and we are the winners. We are always the winners. There is… — Brent Weeks
The narratives we create in order to justify our actions and choices become in so many ways who we are. They are the things we… — Cheryl Strayed

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