The point of view of a malefactor is not to excuse robbery and murder.
— from History of the United Netherlands from the Death of William the Silent to the Twelve Year's Truce — Complete (1584-86) by John Lothrop Motley

Hens and rabbits are eaten chopped up with pounded almonds, raisins, sugar, ginger, herbs dipped in grease, onions and salt; if the mixture is not thick enough, rice flour is added, and the whole coloured with saffron.
— from A Literary History of the English People, from the Origins to the Renaissance by J. J. (Jean Jules) Jusserand

It is of course the English practice, and the special circumstances of Great Britain may make it necessary to erect Red Cross hospitals.
— from The Australian Army Medical Corps in Egypt An Illustrated and Detailed Account of the Early Organisation and Work of the Australian Medical Units in Egypt in 1914-1915 by P. E. (Percival Edgar) Deane

The fact that some Chinese are excluded while others are admitted makes it necessary to enforce rules against the Chinese that are necessary against immigrants from other nations.
— from The Old World and Its Ways Describing a Tour Around the World and Journeys Through Europe by William Jennings Bryan

Afterwards, congress passed a law making it necessary that each recipient should swear that he could not live without the pension.
— from Legends, Traditions, and Laws of the Iroquois, or Six Nations, and History of the Tuscarora Indians by Elias Johnson

Lastly, If Length of Days be thy Portion, make it not thy Expectation: Reckon not upon long Life, but live always beyond thy Account.
— from The Works of Sir Thomas Browne, Volume 3 by Browne, Thomas, Sir

The Papists and Puritans she used with lenity, ’till their evil practices made it necessary to execute rigours, and even then she distinguished Papists in conscience from Papists in Faction, nor condemn’d the Zeal of the Puritans, but sometimes censured their Violence.
— from The Gentleman's Magazine, January 1731 Or, Trader's Monthly Intelligencer by Various