Quotes by Pretext The tyrant will always find a pretext for his tyranny. Aesop pretext tyrants tyranny A text without a context is a pretext for a proof text. D. A. Carson pretext proof In a thing, they can create a pretext coined hundreds of excuses , but the truth is only one. Khem Veasna pretext truth-is excuse What we believe to be the motives of our conduct are usually but the pretexts for it. Miguel de Unamuno pretext motive believe The enemy is only a pretext to test our strength Paulo Coelho pretext tests enemy Religious fundamentalism, even before it eliminates human beings by perpetrating horrendous killings, eliminates God himself, turning him into a mere ideological pretext. Pope Francis pretext killing religious He who wishes to injure another, will soon find a pretext. Publilius Syrus pretext wish Text without context is pretext. Walter Martin pretext