necessary acts

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Organizing, marching, boycotting, protesting, singing, demonstrating — all of these, among many others, are true acts of resistance and for Black people, they were and are necessary acts to attain justice and human rights.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 14, 2023

The reformation of the Imperial court was one of the first and most necessary acts of the government of Julian.

From History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire — Volume 2 by Milman, Henry Hart

Some variations of the dance, Colonel Dalton states, represent the different seasons and the necessary acts of cultivation that each brings with it.

From The Tribes and Castes of the Central Provinces of India—Volume I (of IV) by Russell, R. V. (Robert Vane)

Judging him apart from what he calls his "necessary acts," or his "great deeds," he is a vulgar, commonplace personage, puerile, theatrical, and vain.

From Napoleon the Little by Hugo, Victor

Then," said Sir Philip, "keep this opinion from him; for I would suffer the fear of death to operate on him until he hath performed some necessary acts of justice.

From The Old English Baron: a Gothic Story by Reeve, Clara