Sentence examples for believed violated from inspiring English sources

Coercion, liberals believed, violated the ideals of natural rights and free labor.

The German revolutionaries proved especially hostile to the institution of slavery, which they believed violated human rights and replicated the hierarchical social structure of Europe.

The department opposed any role for the court, but Judge Haight ruled that the plaintiffs had the power to complain about Police Department policies that they believed violated the modified guidelines.

Wolf describes -- in too much detail, because he happened to be in the middle of it -- how Rossetto fought to make visitors to HotWired register, which some believed violated the Web's ethos.

His confrontation with White House officials that March night in the cramped confines of Attorney General John Ashcroft's room at George Washington University Hospital has since made him widely lionized as a guardian of the Constitution for resisting pressure to rubber-stamp a National Security Agency surveillance program that he and others at the Justice Department believed violated the law.

I exorcised my rage at a deity that I believed violated my faith and deprived my lovely 16-year-old child of her life at the very flowering of it".

In contrast, Mr. Labrador faced some criticism for voting against the act, which he said he believed violates the Fourth Amendment's protection against unreasonable search and seizure.

Judging on the way baseball is pursuing those who they believe violated MLB's policies, I don't expect he'll garner much support in the Commissioners office.

The law enforcement officials, who would not speak publicly because the settlement was not final, would not divulge the amount of the proposed penalty or the amount of transactions they believe violated the law.

Witnesses also oppose certain medical practices that they believe violate Scripture.

The move comes amid a crackdown against behavior that Iran's authorities believe violates or threatens the country's cultural values.