Quotes About Indefensible

Property in land is as indefensible as property in man.

From the standpoint of us, who live within the law, going about our business in conformity with the code, and unquestioningly keeping to the left or to the right as the police direct, their methods were terrible, indefensible, revolting.

The thought of God began to occupy me. It seemed to me in the highest degree indefensible of Him to interfere every time I sought for a place, and to upset the whole thing, while all the time I was but imploring enough for a daily meal.

I was so busy lapping up Mr. Biggshotte's flattery that I committed an infraction on the scoring play. And that, for an experienced graduate of Screw U., is indefensible

I believe that the arts of a culture are terribly important and yet almost indefensible.

An enormous amount of modern ingenuity is expended," old G.K. opined, "on finding defenses for the indefensible conduct of the powerful

The argument that a particular project will be "self-financing" is usually the first refuge of politicians defending the indefensible.

You can't defend the indefensible - anything you say sounds self-serving and hypocritical.

To defend the indefensible, George Orwell once observed, political figures employ language that consists largely of "euphemism, question-begging and sheer cloudy vagueness.

Sacrifice is putting country before party and principles before politics. It is not defending the indefensible, protecting the powerful, or staying silent in the face of injustice just because you'd like to keep your job.

Naming the plane has not been easy. I initially suggested 'The Charles T. Munger.' Charlie countered with 'The Aberration.' We finally settled on 'The Indefensible.

Torture when inflicted on children becomes indefensible. Even among those who believe that torture is a defensible practice to extract information, the case for inflicting pain and abuse upon children proves impossible to support.