rightfulness

Example Sentences

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It has to do with determination and the rightfulness and truthfulness of ideas.

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2011

Others conceded the rightfulness of subsidies to States even for bettering inland routes.

From History of the United States, Volume 3 by Andrews, Elisha Benjamin

In the words of an American newspaper, 'the chances of convincing them of the rightfulness of Canada's claim are about the same as the prospect of a thaw in Hades.'

From The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time by Skelton, Oscar Douglas

Both the late master and the late slave should begin on the new order of things with a sense of its permanence on the one hand and its rightfulness on the other.

From The Writings of James Russell Lowell in Prose and Poetry, Volume V Political Essays by Lowell, James Russell

This is inconsistent with the eternal principles of justice and rightfulness.

From The Eliminator; or, Skeleton Keys to Sacerdotal Secrets by Westbrook, Richard B.