Pretext Quotes

We are categorically against using the thesis of human rights as a pretext to prevent Russia from restoring order in the region. - Vladimir Putin

Vanity made the [French] Revolution; liberty was only a pretext. - Napoleon Bonaparte

Tyrants seldom want pretexts. - Edmund Burke

To the wicked, everything serves as pretext. - Voltaire

This is a tragedy, and they do it with a pretext or without it. - Ephraim Sneh

They created their state. Fine. Now that everybody has accepted it as a fait accompli, there was also acceptance of a Palestinian state. The Israelis, on one pretext or another, have not granted them that state. And every time something comes up in the Security Council, America vetoes it. - Ashraf Qazi

They are using this pretext, saying that they are fighting so-called terror -- actually Sharon's war is to maintain and sustain his occupation. - Saeb Erakat

They are taking me to the police station. They are no doubt going to lock me up on a spurious pretext like the others. - Anatoly Lebedko

There's a lot of pretext strikes, I can tell you... That's part of what a judge has to do, is find out if that [reason cited by a lawyer] is true. - Henry Wade