One need only posit some threat to the public tranquility and any action can be justified.

All the horrors of the reign of terror were based on concern for public tranquility.

“İnsanoğlunun alışamayacağı koşul yoktur, hele de çevresindeki herkesin aynı koş…”

“Her face was brilliant and glowing; but this glow was not one of brightness; it…”

“With the smugness of an end man on parade, he bounced along on his sinewy legs,…”

“Pierre had for the first time experienced that strange and fascinating feeling …”