Need an idiom for this please

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Taz12

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Hi

I am looking for an idiom to explain that someone's words are nothing but self-justifying. Like that Jane would apply in the following example?

Jane: How could you not help that man? He was seriously injured from the accident!

Justin: Well I was already very late for a doctors appointment and there were others running to help him.
 

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I can't think of one at the moment. Something similar, but not the same, is 'He wouldn't take responsibility for a f*rt in his own bath.' ;-)

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Thanks guys.
 
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