Quotes About Justification

The less justified a man is in claiming excellence for his own self, the more ready he is to claim all excellence for his nation, his religion, his race, or his own holy cause.

En términos morales, los imperios siempre se han justificado a sí mismos, y en ocaciones no sin una cierta sinceridad, tanto cuando afirmaban que llevaban (su versión de) civilización o la religión a unos pueblos sumidos en la ignorancia, como cuando decían llevar (su versión de) la libertad a los oprimidos (por otro imperio) o, en la actualidad, cuando se presentan como los campeones de los derechos humanos.

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Rationalizing is not a tool for penetration of reality but a post-factum attempt to harmonize one's own wishes with existing reality.

Reconsider, v. To seek a justification for a decision already made.

To use the past to justify the present is bad enough—but it's just as bad to use the present to justify the past.

It would be enough; as an alibi for a life, it would do; she would not need to apologize for how she had spent her time on this earth.

the communist does not believe in religion, but he may resort to it if finds justification for his theory.

Man is a rational animal. He can think up a reason for anything he wants to believe.

There is no absurdity or contradiction to which passion may not lead a man. When love or hate takes control, reason must submit and then discover justifications for their folly.

The first impression is the truth, and all that follows is merely the excuse of memory.

Nothing during the American struggle against the slave system did more to wean religious and God-fearing men and women from the old interpretation of Scripture than the use of it to justify slavery.

As the Protestant denominations—Presbyterian, Methodist, Baptist and others—were carried into the slave states of the South, into the Carolinas, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas, their churches, pastors, and congregants were dipped in the culture and economy of the South, and increasingly found it necessary to defend and justify the practice of human bondage.

The usual justification for eating extra meals is that it keeps the metabolism 'revved up' so that weight loss is easier. There is, however, very little hard evidence that supports this idea, and a fair amount that disputes it.

No, really. Just do it. You have some kind of weird reasons that are okay.

I think the weird thing about playing a psychopath is that you really have to believe that you, as the character, did nothing wrong.

One of the things that strikes me when I've read about these families - whether it be the Maxwells or the Redstones or the Julio-Claudians - is that, when you get that combination of money, power, and family relations, things get so complicated that you can justify actions to yourself that are pretty unhealthy to your well-being as a human being.

Advertising, the product of capitalism, can only justify itself on the premise that the market is a force for good.

I believe if you're prepared to kill the animal, you're allowed to eat it.

If we have reason to believe someone is preparing an attack against the U.S., has developed that capability, harbours those aspirations, then I think the U.S. is justified in dealing with that, if necessary, by military force.

I ask for personal appearance fees because I've earned them. I deserve them. My presence at events is what they need, so they ought to pay for it.

When the policy is controversial, you have to go out and defend it.

I'd never say something that I didn't feel I could defend.