Justification Quotes

Any work that aspires, however humbly, to the condition of art should carry its justification in every line.

Since we have placed justification in the revelation of Jesus Christ formed and brought forth in the heart, there working his works of righteousness and bringing forth the fruits of the Spirit.

An explanation of cause is not a justification by reason.

People often say that humans have always eaten animals, as if this is a justification for continuing the practice. According to this logic, we should not try to prevent people from murdering other people, since this has also been done since the earliest of times.

Government, which does not and did not grant us our rights, must not now seek to deny them by using fear as its justification.

All too often, academic departments defend their territory with the passion of cornered animals, though with far less justification.

If we wish to preserve a free society, it is essential that we recognize that the desirability of a particular object is not sufficient justification for the use of coercion.

This is true only because the purposes and objectives of the Committee for Industrial Organization find economic, social, political and moral justification in the hearts of the millions who are its members and the millions more who support it.

Let me say this as clearly as I can: No matter how sharp a grievance or how deep a hurt, there is no justification for killing innocents.

My justification is that most people my age spend a lot of time thinking about what they're going to do for the next five or ten years. The time they spend thinking about their life, I just spend drinking.

I wish I had fair justification for not being as informed as I should be, but I don't.

There is another side to chivalry. If it dispenses leniency, it may with equal justification invoke control.