I believe I would have been legally and morally justified in shooting any of them on sight, but I did not do so or attempt to do so;

VOA: special.2010.02.15

Politicians from both sides have said that, because more people died under communism than under fascism, the law is justified.

VOA: standard.2009.12.16

Mr.Ahmadinejad told Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari that the presence of "terrorist elements in Pakistan" cannot be justified and insisted Islamabad arrest those involved.

VOA: standard.2009.10.19

He said the harsh interrogation techniques used on a few detainees were legal, essential and justified.

VOA: standard.2009.05.21

On a recent trip to India, British Prime Minister David Cameron justified the Afghan war by saying the troops are keeping Britain safe from terrorism.

VOA: standard.2010.08.04

Campbell's belief in the program seemed justified Tuesday afternoon when Ashleigh McIvor won a gold medal in front of home fans in ski cross in Cypress Mountain.

VOA: standard.2010.02.23

Pyongyang says its nuclear arsenal is justified, given what it calls a U.S.

VOA: standard.2010.04.11

Nonetheless,Dubovik told VOA that Monday's burning of Ukrainian history books was justified.

VOA: standard.2010.03.17

In July 1989, Mr.Gorbachev formally renounced the so-called Brezhnev Doctrine, a policy which had justified the Soviet imposition of communist party rule in the East European satellite states.

VOA: standard.2009.11.03

"It is a very essential conversation, that Israel needs to conduct, among ourselves, of what is justified, what is necessary, what is legal and moral, and what even is effective in order to keep our citizens safe."

VOA: standard.2009.09.09

He says Hayward's departure was inevitable. "It may not be entirely justified that he was the 'fall guy,' but in the public's eye and in the view of the U.S.Congress and the president, he was the man responsible for this."

VOA: standard.2010.07.27

"The mission found that the attack on the only remaining flour-producing factory, the destruction of a large part of the Gaza egg production, the bulldozing of huge tracts of agricultural land, and the bombing of some could not on any basis be justified on military grounds.

VOA: standard.2009.09.29