rightfulness

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It has to do with determination and the rightfulness and truthfulness of ideas.

From New York Times • Dec. 31, 2011

In the words of an American newspaper, 'the chances of convincing them of the rightfulness of Canada's claim are about the same as the prospect of a thaw in Hades.'

From The Day of Sir Wilfrid Laurier A Chronicle of Our Own Time by Skelton, Oscar Douglas

And as a matter of theory, what could be more rational and defensible than such an intervention made systematic, with its rightfulness and disinterestedness universally recognised?

From Critical Miscellanies (Vol. 2 of 3) Essay 4: Joseph de Maistre by Morley, John

We will, therefore, quote some considerations touching the rightfulness of inquiry.

From A Logic Of Facts Or, Every-day Reasoning by Holyoake, George Jacob

This brings up the whole question of the rightfulness of war.

From Lights and Shadows in Confederate Prisons A Personal Experience, 1864-5 by Sprague, Homer B. (Homer Baxter)