Sentence examples for moral rectitude in from inspiring English sources
We can conclude that the Home Office's claims of integrity and moral rectitude in this area are utterly bogus.
A more profound cinematic influence for would-be lawyers, he said, is Atticus Finch, that symbol of moral rectitude in "To Kill a Mockingbird".
A year ago, Rem Koolhaas's design for Prada's SoHo store was much abused by those eager to flaunt their moral rectitude in the wake of 9/11.
Hammerstein's lyrics are synonymous with America's post-World War II "Father Knows Best" ethos of moral rectitude, in which confident breadwinners and their perfect little wives are busy multiplying and building a safe new world of peace and freedom.
It's because of the directness and daring of Verdi's music that La Traviata was perceived by those big beasts of supposed moral rectitude in the press as being so dangerous.
Helen Stenborg, whose myriad roles on Broadway ranged from the comically loopy Sarita Myrtle, an aged pyromaniac, in Noël Coward's "Waiting in the Wings" to Rebecca Nurse, Arthur Miller's personification of moral rectitude, in "The Crucible," and who shared the acting life for more than half a century with her husband, Barnard Hughes, died at her home in Manhattan on Tuesday.
There are many reasons for this assessment, not least the feeling that Atticus Finch's famous moral rectitude is, in point of fact, disturbingly flexible.
He characterizes this position as encompassing faith in reason, confidence in progress, a sense of moral rectitude, and a belief in an underlying harmony of interests.
3. The biblical narrative takes stands on ethical issues such as the tension between loyalty to one's superiors and moral rectitude, a central theme in the Joseph story in Genesis.
Formal rigor and moral rectitude are less prevalent in art today — judging, at least, by "Looking Back," an entertaining selection of works at White Columns.
She is right to question the notion that eating well equals living well equals being a better person; that moral rectitude can be found in a bowl of rocket.
