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“When the article of justification is lost, nothing remains except error, hypocrisy, godlessness, and idolatry.” Martin Luther, Commentary on the Epistle to the Galatians
“all that men are willing to die for, beyond self-interest, tends more or less obscurely to justify that fate by giving it a foundation in dignity: Christianity for the slave, the nation for the citizen, Communism for the worker.” André Malraux, Man's Fate
“Gods always come in handy, they justify almost anything, and the gods of Sakiel-Norn were no exception.” Margaret Atwood, The Blind Assassin
“I'm tired of making the world wrong to justify my own bad behavior.” Chuck Palahniuk, Lullaby
“She didn't want to know how a thing was done, but why. That can be embarrassing.” Ray Bradbury, Fahrenheit 451
“Every individual concerned with justifying his existence experiences his existence as an indefinite need to transcend himself.” Simone de Beauvoir, The Second Sex
“We always find something, eh Didi, to give us the impression we exist?” Samuel Beckett, Waiting for Godot
“I couldn't forgive him or like him but I saw that what he had done was, to him, entirely justified. It was all very careless and confused.” F. Scott Fitzgerald, The Great Gatsby
“There are always reasons for murdering a man. On the contrary, it is impossible to justify his living.” Albert Camus, The Fall

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