Justify

Famous quotes containing the word justify:

    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)

    The end may justify the means as long as there is something that justifies the end.
    Leon Trotsky (1879–1940)

    Whenever we approve, we can find a hundred good reasons to justify our approbation. Whenever we dislike, we can find a thousand to justify our dislike.
    Samuel Richardson (1689–1761)