James Newton Howard

I know that the classical world has resisted film composers throwing their hat into the classical concert music ring. And you know I don't think that's totally without justification. I think sometimes it seems to me there is a built in automatic prejudice against the whole idea of it. And it's very difficult to overcome that stigma.

American Composer

John Ralston Saul

There's nothing wrong with paying taxes; they should be paid in proportion to how rich you are. This idea that you're going to get better growth by cutting taxes at the top has no historical justification. And it's certainly not an argument in favor of capitalism.

Canadian Author

Heather Cox Richardson

Republicans turned against organized workers and abandoned the idea of promoting equality at the bottom of the economic scale. They turned their idea of economic harmony into a justification for supporting industrialists, who were the nation's job creators.

American Historian

Thomas Perry

But at the same time, the commonplace statement about them is true: every character is the hero of his own story. Each has a justification for his actions that is convincing to him. It's fun to give these people voices.

German Musician

Gustav Krupp

No: war material is life-saving for one's own people and whoever works and performs in these spheres can be proud of it; here enterprise as a whole finds its highest justification of existence.

German Businessman

Irena Sendler

Every child saved with my help and the help of all the wonderful secret messengers, who today are no longer living, is the justification of my existence on this earth, and not a title to glory.

Polish Activist

Kip Thorne

Sending people into space is very important culturally. That's really the justification. You cannot rationally justify it on the basis of the science and technology we get out of it.

American Physicist

Lennie James

If you look in real life, it is very hard to describe people as good people, bad people, heroes or villains. People aren't bad people. They all have their justifications.

English Actor

Mildred Dresselhaus

Institutions are increasingly persuaded that political maneuvering is more important than scientific justification in securing federal funds.

American Scientist

Alan Rickman

Any actor who judges his character is a fool - for every role you play you've got to absorb that character's motives and justifications.

British Actor

Used to explain why a decision or action is reasonable or necessary, often after being questioned.

Motive explanation

To convince others, 'justification' can persuade that an action is sensible against doubts or criticism.

Persuasion tool

Used when defending personal behavior or choices, not necessarily in a formal context.

Self-defense

Justification often involves presenting facts or evidence to back up a statement or belief.

Supportive evidence

The strength of a justification often determines how well an argument is received or accepted.

Weight of Argument

In legal contexts, a justification refers to a logical rationale supported by law and evidence.

Legal persuasion

A legal justification often means a court or authority would find the reasons behind an action acceptable.

Legal acceptability

In design, justification creates uniformity, making text blocks visually pleasing and readable.

Visual appeal

Justification refers to the alignment of text, which affects the presentation of the document.

Text alignment

 I think uses an analogy which is probably the best justification and explanation for the value of marketing, the value of perceived value and the fact that we should treat it as being absolutely equivalent to any other kind of value. We tend to, all of us, even those of us who work in marketing, think of value in two

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 And when videographers and stuntmen and women were interviewed about this type of technique, they said, "Yes, we use this in the movies all the time to make our punches and kicks look more choppy and more aggressive." They then put out this video and partly used it as justification

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 the fact that dealers care around the world dealers collectors museum directors and governments clash over the fate of their treasures the museums have the view that they've been losing the debate they fear and I think probably with real justifications that there's a

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 and support their grassroots opponents. Now let me be clear that I support an effective struggle against fundamentalism, but also a struggle that must itself respect international law, so nothing I am saying should be taken as a justification for refusals

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 different places and with so many different justifications that I make me remember my father I finally made sense of the expression on his face when I was interrogated by the State Police on our last conversation he said I'm proud of

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 needed justification for a practice so obviously at odds with their ideals of equality. So they claimed that Africans were biologically inferior and destined to be slaves, making great efforts to justify this theory.

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 Empowering parents -- it doesn't need justification. But here's the thing -- our desire to bring every good thing to our children is a force for good throughout the world. It's what propels societies forward.

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 what happens when environmental conditions are right and you protect a place and if this isn't justification for looking after wild places then I do not know what is