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Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure. ↗

— Sallust

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Therefore coercion of the non-invasive, when justifiable at all, is to be justified on the ground that it secures, not a minimum of ' invasion, but a minimum of pain. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

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I believe the American people have a genuine and justifiable fear of government intrusion in what they instinctively know is going to be an ever more intrusive world. ↗

— Joe Biden

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Inconsistencies of opinion, arising from changes of circumstances, are often justifiable. ↗

— Daniel Webster

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I've always been intrigued by the power of secrets. When is it justifiable to keep them from the ones we love? And does keeping them irrevocably change who we are? ↗

— Emily Giffin

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There is no scorn more profound, or on the whole more justifiable, than that of the men who make for the men who explain. Exposition, criticism, appreciation, is work for second-rate minds. ↗

— G. H. Hardy

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There are four kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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Thus, the use of fiat money is more justifiable in financing a depression than in financing a war. ↗

— Carroll Quigley

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An animal experiment cannot be justifiable unless the experiment is so important that the use of a brain-damaged human would be justifiable. ↗

— Peter Singer

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There is no fun in psychiatry. If you try to get fun out of it, you pay a considerable price for your unjustifiable optimism. ↗

— Harry Stack Sullivan

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