Justified

Famous quotes containing the word justified:

“You who want to be justified by the law have cut yourselves off from Christ; you have fallen away from grace.”
—Bible: New Testament, Galatians 5:4.

“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 (1806–1873)

“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 (1874–1936)