“ If mankind minus one were of one opinion, then mankind is no more justified in silencing the one than the one - if he had the power - would be justified in silencing mankind. ”
- John Stuart Mill- Copy
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“ Terrorism must be outlawed by all civilized nations — not explained or rationalized, but fought and eradicated. Nothing can, nothing will justify the murder of innocent people and helpless children. ”
- Elie Wiesel- Copy
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“ The principal purpose of politics is the evolution and maintenance of a securely established ruling class with a justified sense of its own honourable superiority. ”
- Peregrine Worsthorne- Copy
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“ As a member of this court I am not justified in writing my private notions of policy into the Constitution, no matter how deeply I may cherish them or how mischievous I may deem their disregard. ”
- Felix Frankfurter- Copy
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“ Never think that war, no matter how necessary, nor how justified, is not a crime. ”
- Ernest Hemingway- Copy
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“ We are a nation that is unenlightened because of religion. I do believe that. I think religion stops people from thinking. I think it justified crazies. ”
- Bill Maher- Copy
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“ If I put out something that is actually credible, and recognised as such, then I feel a little more justified as a human, you know. ”
- Lisa Marie Presley- Copy
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“ Never react emotionally to criticism. Analyze yourself to determine whether it is justified. If it is, correct yourself. Otherwise, go on about your business. ”
- Dr. Norman Vincent Peale- Copy
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“ The universe is so vast and so ageless that the life of one man can only be justified by the measure of his sacrifice. ”
- V.A. Roswarne- Copy
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“ They understand but little who understand only what can be explained. ”
- Marie Von Ebner Eschenbach- Copy
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“ No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency. ”
- Theodore Roosevelt- Copy
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“ I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme. ”
- Henry James- Copy
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“ 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. ”
- Izaak Walton- Copy
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“ Sexual enlightenment is justified insofar as girls cannot learn too soon how children do not come into the world. ”
- Karl Kraus- Copy
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“ I moved to New York City for my health. I'm paranoid and New York was the only place where my fears were justified. ”
- Anita Weiss- Copy
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“ If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary 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. ”
- John Stuart Mill- Copy
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“ With the courage which only comes of justified self-confidence, he dared to rest his case upon its strongest point, and so avoided that appearance of weakness and uncertainty which comes of a clutter of arguments. Few lawyers are willing to do this; it is the mark of the most distinguished talent. ”
- Learned Hand- Copy
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“ While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that a reasonable man has to behave as though he were sure of it. If at the end your cheerfulness in not justified, at any rate you will have been cheerful. ”
- H. G. Wells- Copy
- 406
“ The greatest miracle Christianity has achieved in America is that the Black man in white Christian hands has not grown violent. It is a miracle that twenty-two million Black people have not risen up against their oppressors in which they would have been justified by all moral criteria and even by the democratic traditions. ”
- Malcolm X- Copy
- 414
“ When man learns to understand and control his own behavior as well as he is learning to understand and control the behavior of crop plants and domestic animals, he may be justified in believing that he has become civilized. ”
- E. G. Stakman- Copy
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“ If one asks the whence derives the authority of fundamental ends, since they cannot be stated and justified merely by reason, one can only answer: they exist in a healthy society as powerful traditions, which act upon the conduct and aspirations and judgments of the individuals; they are there, that is, as something living, without its being necessary to find justification for their existence. ”
- Albert Einstein- Copy
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“ I have always laid it down as a maxim, and found it justified by experience, that a man and a woman make far better friendships than can exist between two of the same sex — but then with the condition that they never have made or are to make love to each other. ”
- Lord Byron- Copy
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