#justify

It is not to be forgotten that what we call rational grounds for our beliefs are often extremely irrational attempts to justify our instincts. ↗

— Thomas Huxley

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Universities are the cathedrals of the modern age. They shouldn't have to justify their existence by utilitarian criteria. ↗

— David Lodge

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It will never do to plead sin as an excuse for sin, or to attempt to justify sinful acts by pleading that we have an evil heart. This instead of being a valid apology, is the very ground of our condemnation. ↗

— Archibald Alexander

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Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence. ↗

— Albert Camus

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Islam expect every Muslim to do this duty, and if we realise our responsibility time will come soon when we shall justify ourselves worthy of a glorious past. ↗

— Muhammad Ali Jinnah

#duty #every #expect #glorious #islam

Even if certain rogue countries do things we wish nobody did, it doesn't necessarily mean that their foolishness should justify our following suit. ↗

— Leon Kass

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I think one of the important evolutions is that we no longer feel compulsively the need to argue, or to justify things on a kind of rational level. We are much more willing to admit that certain things are completely instinctive and others are really intellectual. ↗

— Rem Koolhaas

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You must have the music to justify an instrument's extensive use. ↗

— Steve Lacy

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Greatness is not manifested by unlimited pragmatism, which places such a high premium on the end justifying any means and any methods. ↗

— Margaret Chase Smith

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Christians take Scriptures out of context to try to justify or to vindicate retreat and cowardice. ↗

— Randall Terry

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