First and foremost was the elevation of the suffering of Iraq, and especially of Palestine, as leading causes of his righteous indignation.
I don't have much cause for righteous indignation anymore.
Bradley Johnson's speech a hundred and twenty years ago wasn't about a Lost Cause; it was about one that had been found — the cause of self-exoneration, righteous victimhood, and a tacit racial contempt.
The show would revolve around a ruthless, philandering chief executive named Teddy Rist, who, after the death of his young son, decides to use his talents, connections and sharp elbows in the name of righteous causes like bringing clean water to Kashmir, fighting starvation in Haiti and aiding sweatshop workers in Myanmar.
Their friendship did not stop because for many years, Jacques Monod used to spend some weeks in winter at the Salk Institute, as a member of the Board of Trusties: "I believe that Jacques Monod had one of the most creative minds of our time not because he was a leader of righteous causes, not because he was a creator of molecular biology, not because he founded and directed institutes of learning.
Both stars look wildly out of place, but their performances are as heartfelt as the cause of their characters is righteous.
Patton believed in the righteous cause of the military and revealed his plans to fight those who were destroying its morale and who endangered America's future by not opposing the growing Soviet threat.
Leaders of both countries are deeply convinced that their own cause is righteous, even to the extent of believing that God is on their side.
It fosters the exhilarating sensation of righteous indignation, the belief in the purity of your team and your cause and the perfidiousness of all competing teams and causes.
The concepts of righteous conquest and righteous warfare are illustrated in sculpture.
