No cause or grievance can justify attacks such as these on innocent civilians.

The cause simply does not justify their sacrifice.

No cause on this earth can justify the risk of maiming or hurting individuals.

"When contemplating war we must abandon euphemism and answer the question: does the cause justify sending young men out to kill other human beings?"

She believed in the dictatorship of the proletariat but said that no cause could justify the taking of one innocent life.

At the trial, the prosecution argued that "A good cause does not justify the worst means.

Terrorists will continue to threaten democratic politics wherever oppressed or marginalized groups believe their cause justifies violence.

No cause could ever justify such a terrifying act of cold-blooded barbarism.

I stressed that no cause can in any way justify the killing of innocent people.

There is no justification for terror, no possible cause can justify it.