It is an instance where the most onerous facts imaginable should lead to the durable affirmation of constitutional principle, as Skokie did.
The final frame of Condor was an affirmation of a principle that had been proved.
Her veto and affirmation of the principle of equality for all are worthy of celebration, but the matter is far from over.
However, an increasing affirmation of the principle of patient autonomy is pervading Italian law and policy, also through the growing ethical and legal value of patients' previously expressed wishes.
But it was also an affirmation of core principles.
"In an affirmation of its principles, Radiohead boycotted leading streaming service Spotify," trumpeted the Daily Mail.
Jamie Beagent, the lawyer at Leigh Day & Co representing Mr Rahmatullah, said: "Today's judgment is a resounding affirmation of the principles of habeas corpus and its importance in defending the liberty of the individual from unbridled executive power.
First, Mr. Kim has been the first East Asian leader to make clear that the pursuit of basic human rights is not a surrender to imported Western values but an authentic Asian affirmation of universal principles.
For such a consensus counts as legitimate only when achieved under conditions of free and authentic affirmation of shared principles.
The deeper worry, which new forms of political violence have made more acute, centres upon achieving a proper balance between the recognition of difference and the affirmation of common principles to which all citizens are required to adhere.
This would mean an affirmation of those principles, setting them apart and above trade negotiations, accompanied by the commitment of sufficient resources to realise their potential.
