#justified

We all have our own ideas of who we are that may or may not be justified, and you can really find out a heck of a lot more accurately from the people around an individual. ↗

— Greg Kinnear

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The Bible is a radically pro-slavery document. Slave owners waved Bibles over their heads in the Civil War and justified it. ↗

— Dan Savage

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From pacifist to terrorist, each person condemns violence - and then adds one cherished case in which it may be justified. ↗

— Gloria Steinem

#case #cherished #condemns #each #justified

Working for a federal agency was like trying to dislodge a prune skin from the roof of the mouth. More enterprise went into the job than could be justified by the results. ↗

— Caskie Stinnett

#could #dislodge #enterprise #federal #into

You have bigger balls than some men I know. ↗

— Carolyn Arnold

#justified #madison-knight #men

Did perpetual happiness in the Garden of Eden maybe get so boring that eating the apple was justified? ↗

— Chuck Palahniuk

#boring #did #eating #eden #garden

I have also seen it stated that Capital punishment is murder in its worst form. I should like to know upon what principle of human society these assertions are based and justified. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

#assertions #based #capital #capital punishment #form

The infinite faith I have in people's ability to understand anything that makes sense has always been justified, finally, by their behavior. ↗

— Alice Walker

#always #anything #been #behavior #faith

While there is a chance of the world getting through its troubles, I hold that a reasonable man has to behave as though he were sure of it. If at the end your cheerfulness in not justified, at any rate you will have been cheerful. ↗

— H. G. Wells

#any #been #behave #chance #cheerful

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