be proper

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In the present "situation" as the phrase goes, it may be my duty to make some new announcement to the people of the South. I am considering, and shall not fail to act, when satisfied that action will be proper. Abraham Lincoln

There is no such thing as a worthless book though there are some far worse than worthless; no book that is not worth preserving, if its existence may be tolerated; as there may be some men whom it may be proper to hang, but none should be suffered to starve. Samuel Taylor Coleridge

All novels are, or should be, written for both men and women to read, and I am at loss to conceive how a man should permit himself to write anything that would be really disgraceful to a woman, or why a woman should be censured for writing anything that would be proper and becoming for a man. Anne Brontë

I think the motives of the legislature in passing an Act of Parliament are to be taken to be proper motives. Sir John Bayley, 1st Baronet

I am a passionate believer in freedom of speech. I would not support anything which would impinge on aggressive robust freedom of the British press, but when things go wrong and there has been outright illegality, there should be proper accountability. Nick Clegg

It is helpful to know the proper way to behave, so one can decide whether or not to be proper. Gail Carson Levine

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