Sentence examples similar to defensible motives from inspiring English sources
The amalgamation of two very different events may be intended to put a defensible motive for the invasion – the overthrow of a dictator – in the shop window without having to explain and justify the imposition of foreign rule, so similar to imperialist ventures in the 19th or early 20th centuries.
He had come to believe, he told the reference work Contemporary Authors in 2005, that there was only one defensible motive for writing about film: "To contribute, in however modest a way, to the possibility of social revolution, along lines suggested by radical feminism, Marxism and gay liberation".
"I've just started to review the allegations," he added, "and I'm hopeful that we will be able to demonstrate that the charges are defensible and that his motives were not corrupt".
Even if the NSA's motives were defensible, Snowden perceived that with the new, omnipresent data-gathering system in place, the American government had pushed past the boundaries of acceptable conduct– that given the wrong leader, the country could begin a slide into despotism.
Were our actions defensible?
This reluctance is defensible.
This execution is defensible.
