Quotes About Justification

what do you bring to this enterprise to justify a third of the profits?" "Will," said Iago.

It's a note. Let me read it for you. 'Couldn't anyone else see that they were all slaves of Satan? I had to cleanse the world of their evil. I am the hand of God. Why else would security have let me into the building with an assault rifle in my suitcase? I am a divine instrument.'" Tommy paused and looked up. "That's all I have so far, but I'll guess I end it with an apology to my mom. What do you think?

Keep in mind, Eragon, that no one thinks himself a villain, and few make decisions they think are wrong. A person may dislike his choice, but he will stand by it because, even in the worst circumstances, he believes that it was the best option available to him at the time.

A person may dislike his choice, but he will stand by it because, even in the worst circumstances, he believes that it was the best option available to him at the time.

no one thinks of himself as a villain, and few make decisions they think are wrong. A person may dislike his choice, but he will stand by it because, even in the worst circumstances, he believes that it was the best option available to him at the time.

No one thinks of himself as a villain, and few make decisions that they think are wrong. A person may dislike his choice, but he will stand by it, because even in the worst of circumstances, he belives that it was the best option available to him at the time. On it's own, being a decent person is no guarantee that you will act well. -Oromis (Eldest)

This might be the price of vengeance, she thinks. You have to spend the rest of your life living inside the memories of the worst things done to you so you can constantly justify what you did to avenge them.

That's a tough pill to swallow because we're not children or dependents; we're adults. To support an idea, we need to understand why the decision was made.

Teil on vägi, millega end kaitsta, seega pole tapmisele ainsatki vabandust, ükskõik, mida teie ründaja ka ei kavatseks — isegi kui ründaja on võlur.»

Zawsze tak jest - je?li ci sie nie powiedzie, szukasz kogo?, aby oskar?aj?c go, usprawiedliwi? w?asne niedo??stwo.

Hatred has to be cultivated as a civic passion. The enemy is the friend of the people. You always want someone to hate in order to feel justified in your own misery. Hatred is the true primordial passion. It is love that's abnormal.

Sería atroz —comentó Guillermo— matar a un hombre para decir Credo in unum Deum…

One doesn't commit evil actions in the belief that one is acting wrongly. What allows one to commit such acts is the belief that it will contribute to a greater good.

Into the echo chamber of his own mind, where he was always able to find a justification for the most terrible actions.

I say there is no modern evil which cannot be justified by these ancient texts; and there is nowhere in Christendom a clergy which cannot be persuaded to cite them at the demand of ruling classes.

Nothing warms the cockles of the heart more than the smug self-satisfaction of being right.

Everyone feels guilty before a mother who has lost her son in a war; throughout human history men have tried in vain to justify themselves.

Over many years bin Laden cited dozens of concocted reasons about why he attacked the United States; the only valid one was that he attacked America because he thought—to paraphrase Margaret Atwood—with good reason, he could get away with it.

Bewigged tragedy has a reason for its existence.

If you're going to be bad, be bad with a purpose or else you're not worth forgiving.

No one is ever the villain of their own story.

For the first time Valentine glanced down at the body of Brother Jeremiah. "I did kill him, and the rest of the Silent Brothers as well. I had to. They had something I needed." "What? A sense of decency?

Waar gebeurd is geen excuus.

Everybody who meddles with Shakespeare biography readily accepts that the Bard was unfaithful to his wife and excuses him for it, but infidelity on the part of his wife is sufficient to justify estrangement.