Sentence examples for rectifying wrongs from inspiring English sources

But the heritage that we fight for is not merely one of rectifying wrongs of the past, such as slavery or discrimination, and trying to create conditions that are more in consonance with what is promulgated, both in the Declaration and the Constitution; it's also to fight off assaults on the system of government that was designed by the Founding Fathers.

There is also the contention that the act of state doctrine serves to channel these disputes through the processes designed to rectify wrongs of an international magnitude, see Oetjen v. Central Leather Co., supra; Shapleigh v. Mier, supra.

While some struggle to wrap their heads around which minority to support — or which historical wrong to right — others take the view that (1) no single election will rectify wrongs like slavery and disenfranchisement, and (2) what's really interesting is that the Democratic Party produced a field reflective of this country's rare and real diversity, while the Republican Party, well, didn't.

They will then have the opportunity to reforge themselves as a party just as committed to equality and justice as they are to liberty, just as committed to the poor as they are to elites, just as committed to rectifying the wrongs of the past as they are in celebrating American exceptionalism.

Marsh writes that another reason for the Chancery's growing influence was the remedies available; through orders of specific performance and injunctions, the Court could not only rectify previous wrongs but prevent future wrongs from occurring, while the common law courts were limited to awarding damages.

Ms. White said she was proud of her prosecutors' "diligence in rectifying this wrong".

"Today's win puts us a step closer toward rectifying that wrong and ending this unlawful retaliation," Mr. Dunn said.

If you've failed to support your workers by providing them with adequate resources for them to do their jobs, take concrete steps toward rectifying the wrong.

As Allen Buchanan, a Duke University philosopher, has argued, the right to secede is a "remedial right only" — a way of rectifying a wrong.

The board's action today was unfair and illegal and we will be relentless in rectifying this wrong.

In baad, however, a female from the wrongdoer's family is promised for marriage to a male from the victim's family as a 'truce.' Baad, in other words, is an alliance that is forged as a way of rectifying a wrong and ensuring shared interests and cooperation over generations.