#justified

Unfortunately, I was not wise enough to listen to her advice, and hastily married. In a few weeks, I had occasion to repent of the step I had taken, as the report proved true - a report which I thought justified, and indeed required, our separation. ↗

— Maria Monk

#enough #few #had #hastily #her

No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expedience. ↗

— Theodore Roosevelt

#evil #expedience #ground #justified #man

It seems to me we have been in a rhetorical arms race in this country, with each side unwilling to lay down its weapons for fear - usually justified - the other side would beat them to a pulp. ↗

— Pat Sajak

#arms race #beat #been #country #down

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. ↗

— Dick Cheney

#aspirations #attack #believe #capability #dealing

The sad truth about bigotry is that most bigots either don't realize that they are bigots, or they convince themselves that their bigotry is perfectly justified. ↗

— Wayne Gerard Trotman

#bigot #bigotry #bigots #delusion #denial

At the present day the crude theory of the sexual impulse held on one side, and the ignorant rejection of theory altogether on the other side, are beginning to be seen as both alike unjustified. ↗

— Havelock Ellis

#altogether #beginning #both #crude #day

Men like Hitler and Stalin and their immediate lieutenants cannot plead in defence of their actions that these were justified by the accepted values of that time. ↗

— Douglas Hurd

#actions #cannot #defence #hitler #immediate

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

#believe #crazies #i #i do #i think

If all mankind minus one were of one 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

#justified #mankind #minus #more #opinion

As a medical doctor, it is my duty to evaluate the situation with as much data as I can gather and as much expertise as I have and as much experience as I have to determine whether or not the wish of the patient is medically justified. ↗

— Jack Kevorkian

#data #determine #doctor #duty #evaluate