Sentence examples for compassionate on from inspiring English sources

"We have to be compassionate on one hand but we have to be realistic about the threat from people smugglers.

"Although he has been branded by many as a maverick," Dr. Gould added, "I regard him as right and compassionate on nearly every major issue".

Women also tend to be more sympathetic to efforts to reduce income inequality, although African-American men are just as "compassionate" on these issues as African-American women.

Absolute power had revealed Johnson as genuinely compassionate on the issue of civil rights and, later, in combating poverty with the Great Society legislation.

He has unquestioning faith in the righteousness and goodness of America, in the sagacity and moral probity of the founding fathers and the God-given destiny of a nation he says "is the most compassionate on the face of the earth".

Monty predicted that Trump would be "merciful and compassionate" on the issue of undocumented immigrants who are not criminals.

Brigadier Basil Coad had departed for Hong Kong on compassionate leave on 23 March and the brigade was now under the command of Brigadier Brian Arthur Burke.

He was released by the Scottish government on compassionate grounds on Aug. 20, 2009 after medical reports suggested he was terminally ill with cancer.

Schopenhauer's ethics is based on taking a compassionate stance on and acting for the benefit of others.

Why he is not released on compassionate grounds is one of the many wonders of our justice system.

And it was "The Wire" that I took as a model for its compassionate insistence on making us care about every lowlife on its mean streets.