Many extremists want to prove the righteousness of their beliefs by violence, law and coercion.
Winning the post of secretary of state in 2010 placed him in charge of Kansas elections, giving him the tools he needed to prove the righteousness of his quest.
— Gov. Rod R. Blagojevich of Illinois was impeached by state lawmakers on Friday, setting the stage for a trial in the Senate, where the governor vowed he would prove his righteousness.
It turns out that this is one of those stories that anti-globalists tell over and over, part of the canon that supposedly proves the righteousness of their cause.
This simply proves their righteousness if you lose it.
The "defenders of the White House" and their sympathizers joyfully celebrated their victory, but their euphoric mood, along with the sense of moral clarity and righteousness, proved to be short-lived.
But given his obsession with proving his own righteousness, it would be foolish to rule out Trump dedicating a portion of his next tubthumping rally to denouncing the far-left fanatics holding Scotland to ransom, or to assume that he hasn't already fired off an angry letter to a provincial newspaper.
The campaign, the whispers go, left a legacy of political correctness masquerading as racial righteousness that could prove enduringly damaging.
[Autumn Reeser's character in Washington] will be uncovering that side as our submariners try to prove their innocence or their righteousness [on the island]." "Last Resort" premieres on Thursday, September 27 at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
Laugesen, the closest thing Borgen has to an out-and-out villain, may well prove a match for Katrine's dogged righteousness.
But with what is left of Occupy currently quiet and introspective, and the Hester case proving that spasms of righteousness are no substitute for the politics of the long haul, this latest move offers something very welcome: at least one means by which the arguments about the obscenities of inequality can be kept in roughly the right place.
