The end justifies the means.

Circumstances were such that the decision was perhaps understandable.

Now the company can justify such expenditure.

These governments justify their decisions on security and economic grounds.

There are arguments for caution in this process.

He argues that this delay was not justified by the complexity of the case.

There were no circumstances justifying such restriction of the trial.

Without a clear end that justifies it, sacrifice becomes meaningless.

That is the oldest excuse to justify wrongdoing the end justifies the means.

These may not justify terrorism, but they do explain it.

Force majeure justifies non performance of the obligation for so long as the circumstance exists supervening impossibility justifies the termination of the treaty or its suspension in accordance with the conditions laid down in article 61.

Some of the recent economic news has seemed to justify this approach.

The justification for canceling elections in Russia is the need to fight terrorism the end that now justifies all means.

Such actions and attitudes amply justify my dissent of October 2004.

No cause justifies the indiscriminate unleashing of terror upon the innocent.

We are taught early on in our lives that the end cannot justify the means.

We understand the reasons underlying the selection of cases on the basis of their gravity.

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Nor is the global financial crisis a justification for the world s leaders failing to keep their word.

There is also a Machiavellian explanation for the replacement of Monti.

For if Abraham was justified by works, he has something to boast about, but not toward God.

For if Abraham were justified by works, he hath whereof to glory but not before God.

Western leaders must now ask themselves whether the ends justify the means.

Discussions have focused on the description and analysis of specific situations potentially justifying the use of ESM.

There is absolutely no rule of international law that justifies a blockade in peacetime.

The SSI agents did not present any arrest warrant or other document justifying Mr. El Derini's arrest.

War might lead to changes that would justify invoking the theory of changed conditions.

The differences in missions and in structure do not warrant different rating schedules.

Thus, antipathy for the adversary or his avowed policies cannot justify non compliance with the laws of war.

The declaration shall be withdrawn immediately if warranted by the security situation within which the emergency humanitarian assistance is delivered.

That possibility justified the focus of international support on Africa, in particular the sub Saharan region.

I mean, all of the improvements he made and it's justifiable that our measure of energy, the watt, today is named after him.

Expected outcomes justify resource requirements, which are derived from and linked to outputs to be delivered with a view to achieving outcomes.

In the public s eyes, the focus on such institutions appears justified by the huge costs of financial rescue.

Only when the importance of the task warrants the effort do we shift gear and deploy the System II heavy artillery.

The Committee recommends that the State party remove from its legislation any unjustified registration requirements and grounds for dissolving trade unions.

As the source correctly points out, however, the Government did not provide any specific information that would explain those charges.

Unfortunately, current policy is justified in terms of pro market effectively pro cyclical choices.

Never mind the inconvenient truth that the acts may be theologically impermissible the ends justify the means, and there really is no alternative.

Regardless of the rationale behind these operations, their impact on the lives of civilians is deplorable.

The need to promote greater awareness and understanding of refugees' experiences and thereby enhance respect for refugees underpins efforts to strengthen implementation of the Convention.

Following an investigation, they were charged with engaging in acts which, inter alia, justified terrorism, encouraged violence and incited civil disturbance.

Nor can the political climate, old differences, and the by no means new power rivalry between Russia and the US justify pessimism.

But the recent price surge looks suspiciously like a bubble, with the increase only partly justified by economic fundamentals.

After all, we attach moral value to processes as well as outcomes, as in the phrase the end does not justify the means.