“When the people who are in power want to use again, create an image, to justify something that's bad, they use the press. And they'll use the press to create a humanitarian image, for a devil, or a devil image for a humanitarian. They'll take a person who's a victim of the crime, and make it appear he's the criminal, and they'll take the criminal and make it appear that he's the victim of the crime.” PeopleWantPersonsUseCrimeDevilVictimPressesHumanitarianCriminalsJustify Author:Malcolm X
“The truth is that the terrorists are motivated by an ideology. It has nothing to do with what we do. They will give you all the excused to justify their terrorism. They will blame the victim. But the truth is that they are doing all these killings because they are waging Jihad. They will continue killing us until we submit and surrender. What they want is establishment of Khalifat worldwide.” WantGivingTruth IsVictimBlameKillingTerrorismTerroristSurrenderIdeologyJustifyMotivatedEstablishmentSubmitJihad Author:Ali Sina
“If history shows anything, it is that there's no better way to justify relations founded on violence, to make such relations seem moral, than by reframing them in the language of debt—above all, because it immediately makes it seem that it's the victim who's doing something wrong.” IfsWayShowsSeemsLanguageMoralViolenceRelationVictimDebtJustifyBetter WaysReframing Book:Debt - Updated and Expanded: The First 5,000 Years Source: Debt - Updated and Expanded: The First 5,000 Years
“You can be a victim or you can be rich, but you can't be both. Listen up! Every time, and I mean every time, you blame, justify, or complain, you are slitting your financial throat.” MeanWealthSecretRichVictimBlameFinancialComplainingFinanceJustifyWealthyThroatRichnessVictimhoodBlaming OthersStop Complaining Author:T. Harv Eker
“Speciesism is a failure to empathize with those outside one's group. In general, speciesists simply disregard the myriad nonhumans whom humans intentionally hurt and kill. Who cares if millions of mice and rats are vivisected? They're 'only rodents'. What does it matter if billions of chickens live in misery until they die in pain and fear? They're 'just chickens'. They aren't human, so they don't count. Victimizers lack empathy for their victims, but absence of empathy doesn't justify victimization, whether the victims are human or nonhuman.” IfsHumansDoeMatterCarePainDiesHurtMillionsGroupsEmpathyVictimMiseryAbsenceBillionsJustifyChickensMiceRatsWho CaresDisregardDoes It MatterVictimizationSpeciesismRodentsIntentionally Hurt Author:Joan Dunayer
“Nothing can justify crimes such as those of September 11, but we can think of the United States as an innocent victim only if we adopt the convenient path of ignoring the record of its actions and those of its allies, which are, after all, hardly a secret.” IfsThinkingStatesActionUnitedSecretUnited StatesPathRecordsCrimeVictimInnocentJustifyAlliesSeptemberConvenientSeptember 11Innocent Victims Book:9-11 [neuf-onze] Source: 9-11 [neuf-onze]
“A half century ago Herbert Wechsler could justify the legal right of deadly force self-defense in terms of the "universal judgment that there is no social interest in preserving the lives of the aggressors at the cost of those of their victims." That is not a universal judgment today.” LifeSelfTodayForceSocialTermInterestHalfCenturyCostJudgmentUniversalVictimDefenseJustifySelf DefenseAggressorsDeadly Force Author:Don Kates
“Considering that virtually none of the standard fare surrounding Thanksgiving contains an ounce of authenticity, historical accuracy, or cross-cultural perception, why is it so apparently ingrained? Is it necessary to the American psyche to perpetually exploit and debase its victims in order to justify its history?” OrderPerceptionStandardsCrossesVictimHistoricalAuthenticityJustifyConsideringExploitsAccuracyHistorical Accuracy Author:Michael Dorris