Justified

Famous quotes containing the word justified:

    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)

    But you were washed, you were sanctified, you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God.
    Bible: New Testament, 1 Corinthians 6:11.

    Oppression has no logic—just a self-fulfilling prophecy, justified by a self-perpetuating system.
    Gloria Steinem (b. 1934)