Pretext Quotes

122 quotes by 110 authors

And what do you say of lovers of wine... they are glad of any pretext of drinking any wine — Plato
It is intolerable that the world's religions - founded on the values of love and compassion - should provide a pretext for the expression of… — Federico Mayor Zaragoza
In the first place, when there is a policy of intentional aggression, inspired by a desire to get possession of the territory or the trade… — Elihu Root
. . . [T]hese [ideas] are only suggestions of the evil spirit who, to jeopardize your salvation, suggests to you extraordinary works that are beyond… — Vincent de Paul
May no one use religion as a pretext for actions against human dignity and against the fundamental rights of every man and woman. — Pope Francis
To be governed is, under pretext of public utility and in the name of the general interest, to be laid under contribution, drilled, fleeced, exploited,… — Pierre-Joseph Proudhon
Often, the pretexts for starting a war are not real shortages of land, food or fuel, but rather perceptions - like fear, honor and perceived… — Victor Davis Hanson
A 1940 Gallup poll showed 83 percent of the public was against intervention. A good pretext was needed to gain support from an intransigent public. — Jim Marrs
In a thing, they can create a pretext coined hundreds of excuses , but the truth is only one. — Khem Veasna
You just don't invade another country on phony pretext in order to assert your interests! — John F. Kerry
However fiercely opposed one may be to the present order, an old respect for the idea of order itself often prevents people from distinguishing between… — Antonin Artaud
By one means or another, the swiftest method of rejection of the holy prophets has been to find a pretext, however false or absurd, to… — Spencer W. Kimball
Imagine how differently American business would function were our faith in the power of goodness to replace our faith in the power of money. Huge… — Marianne Williamson
Behind my non-cooperation there is always the keenest desire to cooperate on the slightest pretext even with the worst of opponents. To me, a very… — Mahatma Gandhi
Whatever pretext we may give for our affections, often it is only interest and vanity which cause them. — Francois de La Rochefoucauld
The usual pretext of those who make others unhappy is that they do it for their own good. — Luc de Clapiers
Human vitality is so exuberant that in the sorriest desert it still finds a pretext for glowing and trembling. — Jose Ortega y Gasset
Where true religion has prevented one crime, false religions have afforded a pretext for a thousand. — Charles Caleb Colton
A person should be free to do as he likes in his own concerns; but he ought not to be free to do as he… — John Stuart Mill
What we believe to be the motives of our conduct are usually but the pretexts for it. — Miguel de Unamuno

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