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He had a tough life, does one individual’s tough life justify the taking of another, let alone 17? – Tony Montalto	Found on CNN 1 year ago
It is difficult for the new Marcos administration to justify accommodating Beijing’s policy preferences when previous attempts at doing so by the previous government were not reciprocated, beijing’s continued bullying, like we saw in the case of the China Coast Guard blinding Philippines Coast Guard sailors with a laser (recently), has only helped to make the case for a stronger alliance. – Jeffrey Ordaniel	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Because the Russian military has been such a failure in Ukraine, it is helpful to explain this as a war with NATO rather than Ukraine. This also helps justify whatever steps Putin might take next, and Russia has been very keen to play up the idea that this might mean going nuclear. – Roman Pilipey/Getty Images Herbst	Found on CNN 1 year ago
There is no ongoing COVID-19 emergency to justify the continuation of the national emergency declaration, cases are down and most Americans have returned to a pre-pandemic normalcy. This hardly sounds like a country under a national emergency which is why I am calling on my colleagues and Mr. Biden to reverse course and move to give the People back their say in government. – Paul Gosar	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
He was afraid he will be executed in the same manner as Yevgeny Nuzhin – with a sledgehammer. We, as human-rights defenders, decided to help him and protect his life. we are not trying to justify his actions in relation to his participation in Wagner Group. But it should be understood that he decided to flee Wagner Group as terrorist organization which kills both Russians and Ukrainians. – Vladimir Osechkin	Found on CNN 1 year ago
There is no truth sure enough to justify persecution. – John Milton	added by Normando 1 year ago
I talk about what a good football player he is, but I also have relish that I did not think he had either the confidence or the character, the track record of service that would justify him representing Georgia in the United States Senate right now. – Barack Obama	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I don't understand how they justify doing that. And then turn around and look at the workforce in their face and tell them that they support them as employees of ICE and DHS, i don't understand it. – Tony Pham	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
Read MoreHer lengthy testimony made clear Steve Bannon had a duty to comply, that Steve Bannon testimony was pertinent and that Steve Bannon violated the subpoena deliberately. That was enough for a conviction. Opinion : Steve Bannons new ployThe defense raised two issues at the beginning of the trial to try to justify Bannon's lack of compliance. First, they claimed that Steve Bannon was still negotiating with the committee after Steve Bannon failure to produce subpoenaed documents and to appear, and before Congress held Steve Bannon in contempt. But the evidence showed that Steve Bannon never asked the committee to move the deadline for Steve Bannon appearance. And the day after Steve Bannon subpoena deadline passed, Steve Bannon verified Gettr account posted :. – Steve Bannon	Found on CNN 1 year ago
If all you need is to have someone flee from the police to justify a shooting, we've got real problems in this city and in this country. – Steven Hart	Found on CNN 1 year ago
In my mind, he got his contract, so you’re trying to diminish what I’m doing, maybe to justify why you got paid. When you talk about statistics, mine never compared to Alex’s. I’m not blind. I understand that. But, we won! You can say whatever you want about me as a player. That’s fine, but then it goes back to the trust, the loyalty. This is how the guy feels. He’s not a true friend, is how I felt. Because I wouldn’t do it to a friend. – Derek Jeter	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
It’s not even about being an ally, i ’m not saying I ’m not, but just be a decent f ----- person. Just be a decent human being. And judging someone and trying to justify it with religion and saying all sorts of spiteful, hateful s --- … It’s crazy to me. It’s mind-boggling. Who cares who someone wants to be with ? Or their sexual preference ? – Jeff Molina	Found on FOX News 1 year ago
I'm going to go to every single one of their campaigns and thank them personally about that, how do you justify that ? That's embarrassing to me that anyone that represent the United States would vote against something like that. I'm sure that the Russians loved that. I'm sure that they're all big fans of all of those congressmen who did that. – Jake Tapper	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Carrie Lam used Carrie Lam image to justify certain actions and present Carrie Lam as a good mother, as if by virtue of being a mother that [ a positive ] implication is there, but then of course people really don't think she's motherly at all, she is somebody who we think is against ethics of care. – Petula Ho	Found on CNN 1 year ago
Ukraine and (the) West's inaction on these issues paved the way for Putin to quite literally weaponize them against Ukraine in an attempt to justify his aggression, while it's correct to point (out that) Ukraine's far-right has minimal electoral support, they (Azov) have enjoyed near impunity for violence aimed at minorities, were unchecked in their efforts to build influence in military and security forces, and have been normalized by Ukraine's senior leaders. – Oleksiy Kuzmenko	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Although United States has many wars of aggression on United States conscience, United States does n’t justify Mr. Putin’s aggression in Ukraine. A dozen wrongs do n’t make a right. Russia was wrong to invade. – Oliver Stone	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I believe the Russians -- the inhumane behavior of Russia does not justify it to get the fruits of the international community. – Ron Wyden	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We listed them as a terrorist entity in 2019. The U.S. has not done that. You continue to fundraise for them. You continue to fundraise for groups that support Islamophobia, Anti-Semitism, Nazi sympathizers, White supremacists, i’m just wondering how you can justify giving people like that a platform to raise funds? – Pam Damoff	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I spent the last couple of days with survivor's remorse, and I'm currently working on an opportunity to go back, probably sometime next week I'm going to go back to Poland and join efforts on the ground. Sort of want to justify my safe out that way. – Maksim Chmerkovskiy	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
Our troops are not participating in any way in this operation. We're not going to justify ourselves here about our participation or non-participation in this conflict. I repeat once again. Our troops are not there but if it becomes necessary, if Belarus and Russia need them, they will be there. – Aleksander Lukashenko	Found on CNN 2 years ago
President Putin has sought authorization from the Russian parliament to use military force outside of Russian territory, and this set the stage for further pretext of further provocations by Russia to try to justify further military action, none of us, none of us, should be fooled. None of us will be fooled. There is no justification. – President Biden	Found on FOX News 2 years ago
I can't justify it, i can only say that the reason I didn't go is because I just I couldn't deal with it. I couldn't deal with the fact of what was happening. I was just trying not to not to deal with it at all. – Larry Miller	Found on CNN 2 years ago
We can not remain militarily engaged alongside de facto authorities whose strategy and hidden objectives we do not share, the fight against terrorism can't justify everything. – Emmanuel Macron	Found on CNN 2 years ago
Belt and Road Initiative is almost like a Christmas tree, in the sense that you can hang almost anything on there, if you are the Chinese, and you are a state-owned corporation, and you want to do something, you yell out ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ to justify things. – Dean Cheng	Found on FOX News 2 years ago

He had a tough life, does one individual’s tough life justify the taking of another, let alone 17?

– Tony Montalto

Found on CNN
1 year ago

It is difficult for the new Marcos administration to justify accommodating Beijing’s policy preferences when previous attempts at doing so by the previous government were not reciprocated, beijing’s continued bullying, like we saw in the case of the China Coast Guard blinding Philippines Coast Guard sailors with a laser (recently), has only helped to make the case for a stronger alliance.

– Jeffrey Ordaniel

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Because the Russian military has been such a failure in Ukraine, it is helpful to explain this as a war with NATO rather than Ukraine. This also helps justify whatever steps Putin might take next, and Russia has been very keen to play up the idea that this might mean going nuclear.

– Roman Pilipey/Getty Images Herbst

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There is no ongoing COVID-19 emergency to justify the continuation of the national emergency declaration, cases are down and most Americans have returned to a pre-pandemic normalcy. This hardly sounds like a country under a national emergency which is why I am calling on my colleagues and Mr. Biden to reverse course and move to give the People back their say in government.

– Paul Gosar

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

He was afraid he will be executed in the same manner as Yevgeny Nuzhin – with a sledgehammer. We, as human-rights defenders, decided to help him and protect his life. we are not trying to justify his actions in relation to his participation in Wagner Group. But it should be understood that he decided to flee Wagner Group as terrorist organization which kills both Russians and Ukrainians.

– Vladimir Osechkin

Found on CNN
1 year ago

There is no truth sure enough to justify persecution.

– John Milton

added by Normando
1 year ago

I talk about what a good football player he is, but I also have relish that I did not think he had either the confidence or the character, the track record of service that would justify him representing Georgia in the United States Senate right now.

– Barack Obama

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I don't understand how they justify doing that. And then turn around and look at the workforce in their face and tell them that they support them as employees of ICE and DHS, i don't understand it.

– Tony Pham

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

– Steve Bannon

Found on CNN
1 year ago

If all you need is to have someone flee from the police to justify a shooting, we've got real problems in this city and in this country.

– Steven Hart

Found on CNN
1 year ago

In my mind, he got his contract, so you’re trying to diminish what I’m doing, maybe to justify why you got paid. When you talk about statistics, mine never compared to Alex’s. I’m not blind. I understand that. But, we won! You can say whatever you want about me as a player. That’s fine, but then it goes back to the trust, the loyalty. This is how the guy feels. He’s not a true friend, is how I felt. Because I wouldn’t do it to a friend.

– Derek Jeter

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

It’s not even about being an ally, i ’m not saying I ’m not, but just be a decent f ----- person. Just be a decent human being. And judging someone and trying to justify it with religion and saying all sorts of spiteful, hateful s --- … It’s crazy to me. It’s mind-boggling. Who cares who someone wants to be with ? Or their sexual preference ?

– Jeff Molina

Found on FOX News
1 year ago

I'm going to go to every single one of their campaigns and thank them personally about that, how do you justify that ? That's embarrassing to me that anyone that represent the United States would vote against something like that. I'm sure that the Russians loved that. I'm sure that they're all big fans of all of those congressmen who did that.

– Jake Tapper

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Carrie Lam used Carrie Lam image to justify certain actions and present Carrie Lam as a good mother, as if by virtue of being a mother that [ a positive ] implication is there, but then of course people really don't think she's motherly at all, she is somebody who we think is against ethics of care.

– Petula Ho

Found on CNN
1 year ago

Ukraine and (the) West's inaction on these issues paved the way for Putin to quite literally weaponize them against Ukraine in an attempt to justify his aggression, while it's correct to point (out that) Ukraine's far-right has minimal electoral support, they (Azov) have enjoyed near impunity for violence aimed at minorities, were unchecked in their efforts to build influence in military and security forces, and have been normalized by Ukraine's senior leaders.

– Oleksiy Kuzmenko

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Although United States has many wars of aggression on United States conscience, United States does n’t justify Mr. Putin’s aggression in Ukraine. A dozen wrongs do n’t make a right. Russia was wrong to invade.

– Oliver Stone

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I believe the Russians -- the inhumane behavior of Russia does not justify it to get the fruits of the international community.

– Ron Wyden

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We listed them as a terrorist entity in 2019. The U.S. has not done that. You continue to fundraise for them. You continue to fundraise for groups that support Islamophobia, Anti-Semitism, Nazi sympathizers, White supremacists, i’m just wondering how you can justify giving people like that a platform to raise funds?

– Pam Damoff

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I spent the last couple of days with survivor's remorse, and I'm currently working on an opportunity to go back, probably sometime next week I'm going to go back to Poland and join efforts on the ground. Sort of want to justify my safe out that way.

– Maksim Chmerkovskiy

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Our troops are not participating in any way in this operation. We're not going to justify ourselves here about our participation or non-participation in this conflict. I repeat once again. Our troops are not there but if it becomes necessary, if Belarus and Russia need them, they will be there.

– Aleksander Lukashenko

Found on CNN
2 years ago

President Putin has sought authorization from the Russian parliament to use military force outside of Russian territory, and this set the stage for further pretext of further provocations by Russia to try to justify further military action, none of us, none of us, should be fooled. None of us will be fooled. There is no justification.

– President Biden

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

I can't justify it, i can only say that the reason I didn't go is because I just I couldn't deal with it. I couldn't deal with the fact of what was happening. I was just trying not to not to deal with it at all.

– Larry Miller

Found on CNN
2 years ago

We can not remain militarily engaged alongside de facto authorities whose strategy and hidden objectives we do not share, the fight against terrorism can't justify everything.

– Emmanuel Macron

Found on CNN
2 years ago

Belt and Road Initiative is almost like a Christmas tree, in the sense that you can hang almost anything on there, if you are the Chinese, and you are a state-owned corporation, and you want to do something, you yell out ‘Belt and Road Initiative’ to justify things.

– Dean Cheng

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

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