Quotes with justified

  • 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.

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  • Malcolm X Anytime anyone is enslaved or in any way deprived of his liberty, that person, as a human being, as far as I'm concerned he is justified to resort to whatever methods necessary to bring about his liberty again.
    Malcolm X
    American activist (1925 - 1965)
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  • Cate Blanchett As an actor, I endeavor to find the reason in the unreasonable. Because no one thinks they are being unreasonable or unrealistic or demanding or behaving madly. We all see ourselves as being justified.
    Cate Blanchett
    Australian actress and theatre (1969 - )
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  • Cass Sunstein As presidents from Ronald Reagan to Barack Obama have recognized, the real question is whether regulations, whether new or old, are justified. That requires a careful analysis of their costs and their benefits.
    Cass Sunstein
    American legal scholar (1954 - )
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  • Benjamin Tucker 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.
    Individual Liberty
    Benjamin Tucker
    American anarchist and socialist (1854 - 1939)
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  • Lord George Byron I have always laid it down as a maxim - and found it justified by experience - that a man and a woman make far better friendships than can exist between two of the same sex - but then with the condition that they never have made or are to make love to each other.
    Lord George Byron
    English poet (1788 - 1824)
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  • Henry James I hold any writer sufficiently justified who is himself in love with his theme.
    Henry James
    American author (1843 - 1916)
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  • John Stuart Mill 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
    English economist (1806 - 1873)
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  • John Stuart Mill If all mankind minus one, were of one opinion, and only one person were of the contrary 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
    English economist (1806 - 1873)
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  • Theodore Roosevelt No man is justified in doing evil on the ground of expediency.
    Theodore Roosevelt
    American statesman (1858 - 1919)
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  • John Dryden Successful crimes alone are justified.
    John Dryden
    English poet and playwright (1631 - 1700)
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  • V.A. Rosewarne The universe is so vast and so ageless that the life of one man can only be justified by the measure of his sacrifice.
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  • Benjamin Tucker 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
    American anarchist and socialist (1854 - 1939)
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  • Gilbert Keith Chesterton We are justified in enforcing good morals, for they belong to all mankind; but we are not justified in enforcing good manners, for good manners always mean our own manners.
    Gilbert Keith Chesterton
    English writer (1874 - 1936)
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  • Barack Obama While the evidence tells me that the death penalty does little to deter crime, I believe there are some crimes- mass murder, the rape and murder of a child- so heinous, so beyond the pale, that the community is justified in expressing the full measure of its outrage by meting out the ultimate punishment.
    The Audacity of Hope (2006)
    Barack Obama
    American politician (1961 - )
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  • Caskie Stinnett 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.
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