Justify

Famous quotes containing the word justify:

    Only a philosophy of eternity, in the world today, could justify non-violence.
    Albert Camus (1913–1960)

    Often, the less there is to justify a traditional custom, the harder it is to get rid of it.
    Mark Twain [Samuel Langhorne Clemens] (1835–1910)

    There is a totalitarian regime inside every one of us. We are ruled by a ruthless politburo which sets ours norms and drives us from one five-year plan to another. The autonomous individual who has to justify his existence by his own efforts is in eternal bondage to himself.
    Eric Hoffer (1902–1983)