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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a righteous reason" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used when discussing a justification or motive that is morally right or justifiable.
Example: "She felt that her decision to speak out against injustice was a righteous reason for her actions."
Alternatives: "a justifiable cause" or "a moral justification".
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That was to me a righteous reason to tell the story".
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Not bad for a righteous cause.
A — You mean the armor of a righteous cause?
It's the most righteous reason to borrow money".
The villain may do villainous things, but he feels that he is doing them for righteous reasons.
Even if you think you are refusing someone's generosity for "righteous" reasons, you are still being entirely ungracious by robbing them of the satisfaction of giving.
Bush has, in two terms, by handing the heart of the Republican Party to a block of religious extremists, made it OK to nominate a VP candidate who's ready to take creationism to the halls of academe, to prove cavemen feasted on barbecued dinosaur, and that somehow it's the Almighty who gets us into war for all the righteous reasons.
He's "Eliot Ness with a Harvard degree" (his colleagues), "a righteous, homespun voice of reason" (the Times), "like a Bing Crosby movie" (opposing counsel).
But not every speaker possesses the ability to shape the truth with a heretical heart and a righteous imagination, which is the reason some of us go to the theatre in the first place.
The evidence that speed cameras save lives is incontrovertible, yet the failure to use the revenue to cut the costs of motoring means a righteous fury can take hold and destroy reason.
These are just and reasonable demands of righteous people and a righteous public.
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