A believer in constitutional reform, not radical overturn, Weber insisted that the politician must be devoted to a cause yet attentive to the practical consequences of his actions.
According to Issacharoff, "Lujan was the first big case that said, Just because you are really devoted to a cause like the environment, that doesn't mean we are going to let you into the courthouse".
Iosif Kobzon, a Russian legislator who met the terrorists to negotiate on Thursday, described them as educated and relatively polite, but also compared them to Hitler Youth -- fanatically devoted to a cause.
One of the new album's tracks, "Sing," is directly devoted to a cause: the treatment of pregnant women with AIDS to prevent the spread of H.I.V. to their babies.
Maybe the outcome would have been the same regardless — John spontaneous and volatile and artistically irresistible, and Patrick more circumspect, the patient one, less demanding of perfection but perhaps more devoted to a cause.
On the one hand, an apostle is a committed follower, someone devoted to a cause; on the other hand, an apostle is a leader responsible for advancing that cause.
It's wonderful to be "devoted" to a cause, to put your heart and soul into an endeavor -- it feels good, and it often does good.
How else, after all, should one feel about people so devoted to a cause that they would skip work and travel hundreds of miles for a milquetoast protest?
If you are going to give a large amount of money or spend a lot of time devoted to a cause, then you have to question the effectiveness of your efforts.
Having people sign their names doesn't mean they are devoted to a cause, and through sites such as Change.org, people can sign in support of an issue and forget about it, not contributing in any way beyond becoming another name on the page.
