laudable

• To struggle for independence appears much more laudable, as well as a higher instance of spirit, than to be the pensioner of another. —  The Lives of the Poets of Great Britain and Ireland (1753), Vol. V.
• The object was laudable, the means deplorable, the outcome rather a nuisance. —  The Rising of the Moon - Gladys Mitchell - Bradley 18: 1945
• The goal was laudable -- drug use can and does cause profound social harm -- but now we know that the methods chosen to address the problem were flawed. —  The Hive - A community site of the Modesto Bee
• Its successes might go unnoticed but its accomplishments and efforts are laudable, and to continue the progress and representation of student issues, selecting our future representatives is an important student-body responsibility. —  Stories from The Sun
• "[W] hile Akin's heartfelt political intentions are laudable, the under-developed characters seem to be more at the service of the intricate plot, rather than the other way around," writes —  GreenCine Daily

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