#justifiable

A pun does not commonly justify a blow in return. But if a blow were given for such cause, and death ensued, the jury would be judges both of the facts and of the pun, and might, if the latter were of an aggravated character, return a verdict of justifiable homicide. ↗

— Oliver Wendell Holmes

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There is no justifiable prediction about how the hypothesis will hold up in the future; its degree of corroboration simply is a historical statement describing how severely the hypothesis has been tested in the past. ↗

— Robert Nozick

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Every bad precedent originated as a justifiable measure. ↗

— Sallust

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Therefore coercion of the non-invasive, when justifiable at all, is to be justified on the ground that it secures, not a minimum of ' invasion, but a minimum of pain. ↗

— Benjamin Tucker

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I believe the American people have a genuine and justifiable fear of government intrusion in what they instinctively know is going to be an ever more intrusive world. ↗

— Joe Biden

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Inconsistencies of opinion, arising from changes of circumstances, are often justifiable. ↗

— Daniel Webster

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I've always been intrigued by the power of secrets. When is it justifiable to keep them from the ones we love? And does keeping them irrevocably change who we are? ↗

— Emily Giffin

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There is no scorn more profound, or on the whole more justifiable, than that of the men who make for the men who explain. Exposition, criticism, appreciation, is work for second-rate minds. ↗

— G. H. Hardy

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There are four kinds of Homicide: felonious, excusable, justifiable, and praiseworthy. ↗

— Ambrose Bierce

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Thus, the use of fiat money is more justifiable in financing a depression than in financing a war. ↗

— Carroll Quigley

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