The effective impact upon us of men of honor, rectitude and goodwill is to arouse kindred impulses within us. From LearnThat.org. [Charles Malcolm Douglas]
The Obama administration's insistence on fiscal rectitude is dictated not by financial necessity but by political considerations. From Wordnik.com. [George Soros: America Needs Stimulus Not Virtue] Reference
The Obama administration's insistence on fiscal rectitude is dictated not by financial necessity, but by political considerations. From Wordnik.com. [George Soros: How Partisanship Is Blocking Economic Recovery in the U.S.] Reference
It surely must have occurred to some Europeans that lectures on fiscal rectitude from the Americans display a modicum of hypocrisy. From Wordnik.com. [A Weakened U.S. Goes to the G-20] Reference
Let the patricians speak for themselves, but to claim to be the bearers of American values and rectitude is just silly and outrageous. —. From Wordnik.com. [Obama Dines With Conservative Columnists - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com] Reference
Who can say that I might not have departed from the path called rectitude?. From Wordnik.com. [Lords of the North] Reference
Given that they are supposed to be the party of fiscal rectitude, that is understandable. From Wordnik.com. [The Economist: Correspondent's diary] Reference
S insistence on fiscal rectitude is dictated not by financial necessity but by political considerations. From Wordnik.com. [George Soros: America Needs Stimulus Not Virtue] Reference
He is the true end and aim of the whole life; while all that men call rectitude does not rise above the world. From Wordnik.com. [The Scriptural Expositions of Dr. Augustus Neander: I. The Epistle of Paul to the Philippians, Practically Explained.] Reference
Self-appointed pressure groups arrogate unto themselves a patina of rectitude, which is mostly utterly undeserved. From Wordnik.com. [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference
In fact, when you look at Will Smith's actual quote, he describes the "rectitude" argument rather concisely. From Wordnik.com. [Gabriel Rotello: Will Smith, Hitler and the Holocaust's Unanswerable Question] Reference
When he advanced fearless in rectitude. From Wordnik.com. [Act III] Reference
There is a kind of rectitude that has the air of self-defeating vanity. From Wordnik.com. [The New Yorker] Reference
With that kind of evidence, fiscal rectitude looks like a no-brainer. From Wordnik.com. [The (Not So) Simple Lessons] Reference
Part with anything rather than your integrity and conscious rectitude. From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
But Gray chose instead to put some meat behind his claims of fiscal rectitude. From Wordnik.com. [With summer jobs vote, Gray stands up for fiscal rectitude] Reference
Freeh's rectitude has even embroiled him in scandals that were none of his doing. From Wordnik.com. [The Victim Of His Virtues] Reference
Lavelle maintained his rectitude until his death, saying he was acting on orders. From Wordnik.com. [Honor restored for general blamed after Nixon denied authorizing Vietnam bombing] Reference
Historian H.R. Trevor-Roper thinks Hitler was "" convinced of his own rectitude. ''. From Wordnik.com. [Figuring Out The Fuhrer] Reference
People still use the word when they want to suggest high-collared Victorian rectitude. From Wordnik.com. [Madoff: A Scoundrel Or A Sociopath?] Reference
Now gray-haired, 56 and fighting a paunch, Tamm prides himself on his personal rectitude. From Wordnik.com. [The Fed Who Blew the Whistle] Reference
The words are great -- inspiring, pious, brimming with love of values and calls to moral rectitude. From Wordnik.com. [The Values Split Screen] Reference
However, German ideas of strict monetary and fiscal rectitude have also been undercut by the crisis. From Wordnik.com. [The Last Model Standing Is France] Reference
He started last year with a political campaign, dubbed the Three Stresses, aimed at reinforcing ideological rectitude. From Wordnik.com. [Palace Intrigues] Reference
Suddenly, he's too outrageous for words, and he becomes the scapegoat for a city determined to show its moral rectitude. From Wordnik.com. [Ghosts Of The Past] Reference
Only a few months ago, emerging economies were considered islands of stability and rectitude in a largely Western crisis. From Wordnik.com. [‘A Full-Blown Crisis’] Reference
So, that includes the cases where the candidate is "nutty" and lacking in "rectitude, truthfulness and sincerity of character.". From Wordnik.com. [Rove 'Endorses' O'Donnell, A Day After Calling Her 'Nutty' (VIDEO)] Reference
The people returned with quickened appetites to their dinner, and admired more than ever the wisdom and rectitude of their Prince. From Wordnik.com. [Eastern Tales by Many Story Tellers] Reference
Whatsoever things are true ... in words, in promises, in lawful oaths, etc., he commands rectitude of mind, and sincerity of heart. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 57: Philippians The Challoner Revision] Reference
Daphne's mother; listening to her tirades against her suddenly masterful son, hearing her protestations of faith in the rectitude of. From Wordnik.com. [A Sheaf of Corn] Reference
Since this offering is the first of its kind -- and the Times Co. 's very name evokes prestige and rectitude -- it merits a close look. From Wordnik.com. [The Gray Lady Goes Dot-Com] Reference
From pulpit and phone bank, with sulfurous ads, and evangelical sallies on TV, the side of rectitude wants to button up American culture. From Wordnik.com. [Fine Art Or Foul?] Reference
The press and politicians have gradually ceased granting the members so huge a presumption of moral rectitude and intellectual integrity. From Wordnik.com. [Choosing A New Justice] Reference
Is she suggesting our indulgent culture has finally exceeded some limits of decency and that we ought to give moral rectitude another shot?. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call: Coping In A Time Of Uncertainty] Reference
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