Crispin Blunt

There is fear of impoverishment as a narrowly based ideological government, infused with medieval religious rectitude, lays waste to the Egyptian economy, which, given the economy's precariousness, is a clear and present danger to the daily life of millions of Egyptians.

William Godwin

A just and a brave man acts fearlessly and with explicitness; he does not shun, but court, the scrutiny of mankind; he lives in the face of day, and the whole world confesses the clearness of his spirit and the rectitude of his conduct.

English Writer

Origen

Then, in the next place, we must know that every being which is endowed with reason, and transgresses its statutes and limitations, is undoubtedly involved in sin by swerving from rectitude and justice.

Theologian

David Mamet

Liberalism is a religion. Its tenets cannot be proved, its capacity for waste and destruction demonstrated. But it affords a feeling of spiritual rectitude at little or no cost.

American Dramatist

P. J. O'Rourke

Neither liberal nor conservative politicians can resist the temptation to stand as mighty sequoias of rectitude amid the lowly underbrush of fundraising.

American Comedian

Greg Iles

I was lucky enough to be raised by a man of great integrity and rectitude. That said, he was also human and had his secret sins, as we all do.

American Novelist

Joe Klein

For those of us who consider ourselves political moderates, life is a dispiriting slog, a sorry mix of rectitude and ineptitude.

American Journalist

Thomas Aquinas

Justice is a certain rectitude of mind whereby a man does what he ought to do in the circumstances confronting him.

Italian Theologian

Herbert Read

The sense of historical continuity, and a feeling for philosophical rectitude cannot, however, be compromised.

English Poet

Rob Morrow

American Actor

Rectitude implies a positive judgment of someone's behaviour or decisions.

Positive Connotation

When used, rectitude often highlights ethical behaviour during challenging situations.

Under Pressure

Rectitude is seen as an admirable and respectable quality in a person.

Admirable Quality

Rectitude is specifically about moral correctness, not just being factually right.

Moral Focus

Rectitude is often used to praise someone or set a standard for behavior.

Praise or Ideal

People in positions of authority are often expected to uphold rectitude.

Authority and Trust

 the man of action over the man of contemplation and man of contemplation but in the you know in America's early days we lived in what historians call a culture of character where we still at that point valued people for their inner selves and their moral rectitude and if you look at the self-help books from

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 But in America's early days, we lived in what historians call a culture of character, where we still, at that point, valued people for their inner selves and their moral rectitude.