Though a good motive cannot sanction a bad action, a bad motive will always vitiate a good action. In common and trivial matters we may act without motives, but in momentous ones the most careful deliberation is wisdom.
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Another key element of human ecology is the inviolability of human life, especially at its beginning and its end. The Holy See insistently proclaims that the first and most fundamental of all human rights is the right to life, and that when this right is denied all other rights are threatened. The assumption that abortion and euthanasia are human rights deserving legislative sanction is seen by the Holy See as a contradiction which amounts to a denial of the human dignity and freedom which the law is supposed to protect. A society will be judged on the basis of how it treats its weakest members; and among the most vulnerable are surely the unborn and the dying.
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Happiness is the only sanction of life; where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment.
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In effect, to follow, not to force the public inclination; to give a direction, a form, a technical dress, and a specific sanction, to the general sense of the community, is the true end of legislature.
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Look through the whole history of countries professing the Romish religion, and you will uniformly find the leaven of this besetting and accursed principle of action -- that the end will sanction any means.
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Death is the sanction of everything the story-teller can tell. He has borrowed his authority from death.
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It would indeed be ironic if, in the name of national defense, we would sanction the subversion of those liberties which make the defense of the nation worthwhile.
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Let him not destroy, or cause to be destroyed, any life at all, nor sanction the acts of those who do so. Let him refrain from even hurting any creature, both those that are strong and those that tremble in the world.
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All who think cannot but see there is a sanction like that of religion which binds us in partnership in the serious work of the world.
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Romans 13:1:
Let everyone be subject to the governing authorities, for there is no authority except that which God has established. The authorities that exist have been established by God.
(NIV)
LET EVERY person be loyally subject to the governing (civil) authorities. For there is no authority except from God [by His permission, His sanction], and those that exist do so by God's appointment. [Prov. 8:15.](AMP)
Let every soul be subject unto the higher powers. For there is no power but of God: the powers that be are ordained of God.
(KJV)
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Without cultural sanction, most or all our religious beliefs and rituals would fall into the domain of mental disturbance.
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To say that authority, whether secular or religious, supplies no ground for morality is not to deny the obvious fact that it supplies a sanction.
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Where the great force lies, there must be the sanction of peace.
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It seems doubtful from all that has been said whether the Torah would sanction 'factory farming,' which treats animals as machines, with apparent insensitivity to their natural needs and instincts. This is a matter for decision by halachic authorities.
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The Court finds that the only possible sanction ... is to strike the Defendant's pleadings and enter a default (judgment) for the plaintiffs,
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Sleep is a reward for some, a punishment for others. For all, it is a sanction.
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Happiness is the only sanction of life where happiness fails, existence remains a mad and lamentable experiment.
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Character is the basis of happiness and happiness the sanction of character.
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The evil of the world is made possible by nothing but the sanction you give it.
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I need no warrant for being, and no word of sanction upon my being. I am the warrant and the sanction.
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it is imperative that the ultimate sanction be available for those who have committed these crimes.
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This is not a sanction but a health measure.
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