Sentence examples for good motive from inspiring English sources

Shigri has a good motive to attempt an assassination: his father was murdered on Zia's orders.

"All the forensics prove that he had a good motive: to spark reforms, to spark change, to make a difference.

The apparent solution to the problem is to let bad men gain glory through actions that have a good outcome, if not a good motive.

And it's certainly not a good motive (in fact it's a terrible motive) for behaving in one way rather than another: for being good or kind or working hard.

In a trial in 1986, in which Mr. Corbett was one of 11 people charged with breaking immigration laws, Judge Earl H. Carroll said, "Good motive is not a defense to intentional acts of crime".

"It was wrong to react so impulsively, without positive evidence of disloyalty, even though we felt we had a good motive in the security of our state," he wrote in his memoirs.

He has good motives.

But good motives do not always make good policy.

Corbyn said: "I want people to join for good motives.

I want people to join for good motives.

The radio clampdown had good motives behind it.