In my case, self-absorption is completely justified. I have never discovered any other subject quite so worthy of my attention.
In my religion I really cannot think of cases where violence is justified.
Free enterprise cannot be justified as being good for business. It can be justified only as being good for society.
No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience.
If all mankind minus one were of one opinion, mankind would be no more justified in silencing that one person than he, if he had the power, would be justified in silencing mankind.
Tilapia have often been represented as the aquatic chicken, and it's perfectly justified.
Anytime anyone is enslaved, or in any way deprived of his liberty, if that person is a human being, as far as I am concerned he is justified to resort to whatever methods necessary to bring about his liberty again.
One that always stings is "Grow up. " And it stings most when you have the suspicion that it is justified, that you have just done somethingchildish and you got nailed for it. It's probably been said to me a few times.
There are no justified resentments.
Lincoln had faith in time, and time has justified his faith.
No trait is more justified than revenge in the right time and place.
Feeling sympathy and searching for explanations isn't the same as believing that the violence is justified.
So long as thou are ignorant be not ashamed to learn. Ignorance is the greatest of all infirmities, and when justified, the chiefest of all follies.
The infinite faith I have in people's ability to understand anything that makes sense has always been justified, finally, by their behavior.
It was not to save a nation that Abraham went to sacrifice Isaac, nor to appease angry gods. . . Then why does Abraham do it? For God's sake. . . He does it for the sake of God because God demands proof of his faith. . . He was not justified by being virtuous, but by being an individual submitted to God in faith.
A war is justified if you're willing to send your son. If you're not willing to send your son, then how do you send someone else's?
Military intervention to maintain the global status quo will become a constant feature of international relations, whether this is justified in terms of fighting drugs, fighting terrorism, containing 'rogue states', opposing 'Islamic fundamentalism', or containing China.
In the middle of a recession no tax increase is justified because it kills jobs, and any tax increase is a job-killing measure and should be defeated.
The Electoral College is justified and right.
There are things that have to be done and you do them and you don't talk about them. You don't try to justify them. They can't be justified. You just do them. Then you forget them.