| Few sportsmen have ever been so consumed by preoccupations with image, publicity and puerile self-justification. |
| Unfortunately, the proposed code appears to be little more than another exercise in self-justification by the commission. |
| In their search for some kind of self-justification, for a sense of moral purpose, Western elites turned to the international arena. |
| The role of Quentin, garrulously veering from self-pity to self-justification, is a difficult one. |
| It can be legitimate to write the brief after the concept has emerged, but there is danger of self-justification narrowing the vision. |
| As a consequence, American journalism makes extravagant gestures of self-justification. |
