"It has no moral basis to call itself the successor," he said.

That would have destroyed the whole moral basis of the exercise.

However, what united teachers and became the moral basis for the new organization was the determination to have teaching recognized as a profession.

We do not know what legal or moral basis there was for it.

He also asserted: "The world is beginning to doubt the moral basis of our fight against terrorism."

"And if there's one country in the world which came to life on a moral basis, it was America."

He had taken his position not on a considered moral or religious basis, which would command respect, but as a political expedient.

This means that we have a moral basis for expressing an opinion on these questions.

"The moral basis of our culture is in the provinces," he said.

On what moral basis do we "take over" any country?