rightfulness

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

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2011

In matters internal to a state, the bare existence of a law imposes an obligation upon the individual citizen, whatever his personal conviction of its rightfulness or its wisdom.

From Lessons of the war with Spain and other articles by Mahan, A. T. (Alfred Thayer)

There is no security for the permanence of public effort, save in the clear conviction of its intrinsic rightfulness and conduciveness to the public good.

From Bygones Worth Remembering, Vol. 2 (of 2) by Holyoake, George Jacob

This brings up the whole question of the rightfulness of war.

From Lights and Shadows in Confederate Prisons A Personal Experience, 1864-5 by Sprague, Homer B. (Homer Baxter)

If the women of today will insist upon the sacredness and the rightfulness of birth the women of tomorrow will not seek to evade motherhood.

From Sex--The Unknown Quantity The Spiritual Function of Sex by McIvor-Tyndall, Alexander J. (Alexander James)