Pretexts Quotes

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Tyrants seldom want pretexts. — Edmund Burke
Then also pretexts for seizing property are never wanting, and one who begins to live by rapine will always find some reason for taking the… — Niccolo Machiavelli
Pretexts are not wanting when one wishes to use them. — Carlo Goldoni
It seems to me that the moment has come when the question of bombing of German cities simply for the sake of increasing the terror,… — Winston Churchill
If something is right (or wrong) for us, itâ€™s right (or wrong) for others. It follows that if itâ€™s wrong for Cuba, Nicaragua, Haiti, and… — Noam Chomsky
Perhaps peace is not, after all, something you work for, or 'fight for.' It is indeed 'fighting for peace' that starts all the wars. What,… — Thomas Merton
I saw in the whole Christian world a license of fighting at which even barbarous nations might blush. Wars were begun on trifling pretexts or… — Hugo Grotius
Who is against democracy? Is it the one who calls for peaceful resistance, or the one who bombs people, sheds their blood and leads them… — Muqtada al Sadr
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
What we believe to be the motives of our conduct are usually but the pretexts for it. — Miguel de Unamuno
Temporary deviations from fundamental principles are always more or less dangerous. When the first pretext fails, those who become interested in prolonging the evil will… — James Madison
It seems to me that the moment has come when the question of bombing of German cities simply for the sake of increasing the terror,… — Winston Churchill
Authentic faith leads us to treat others with unconditional seriousness and to a loving reverence for the mystery of the human personality. Authentic Christianity should… — Brennan Manning
In its attempt to crush the Black Panthers, the FBI engineered frequent arrests on the flimsiest of pretexts. — Alexander Cockburn
Youth does not require reasons for living, it only needs pretexts. — Jose Ortega y Gasset

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