If your actions are upright and benevolent, be assured they will augment your power and happiness.    From LearnThat.org.  [Cyrus the Great (ca. 600-529 B.C.; king of Persia; founder of Persian Empire; captured Babylon and delivered the Jews]

A benevolent society.    From Wordnet, Princeton University. 

As for Miss Travers, the moment you call her benevolent you inspire me with horror.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kenelm Chillingly — Complete] Reference

I was sure that he for whom it was provided was not one to pass it over in benevolent silence.    From Wordnik.com.  [Roughing It in the Bush] Reference

The era of Google as a trusted, "non-evil" startup whose actions are automatically assumed to be benevolent is over.    From Wordnik.com.  [Anil Dash] Reference

Mr Sherwood was not what could be called a benevolent man, a lover of his kind.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christie Redfern's Troubles] Reference

Friend in London, well known as a benevolent man, and a friend of the afflicted.    From Wordnik.com.  [Narrative of the life of Thomas Cooper,] Reference

Philly high school teacher Wilma Stephenson is what you might call a benevolent bully.    From Wordnik.com.  [Kerry Trueman: Rachael Ray Honors a Tough-But-Tender Teacher] Reference

We have what I call a benevolent eco-system.    From Wordnik.com.  [Fast Company] Reference

He may wish to be, or something more "benevolent" like Huxley's.    From Wordnik.com.  [Transparent Underpants: MITOP Again] Reference

The bread ordinance had not increased our respect for "benevolent" despotism.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Siege of Kimberley] Reference

We often think of Google as more "benevolent" than that, but times and management do change. evan.    From Wordnik.com.  [Google API terms - Anil Dash] Reference

There is a kind of benevolent wildness in his manner; and an amazing vivacity in his conversation.    From Wordnik.com.  [Letter 77] Reference

Portugal has been ruled for more than two decades by Salazar, the so-called "benevolent" dictator.    From Wordnik.com.  [Around the World in 34 Days] Reference

Latest Comment liberty writes: 1. There is no clean divide between "benevolent" and "non-benevolent" planners.    From Wordnik.com.  [Second Best and Socialist Calculation, Eric Crampton | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

Habyarimana was viewed as a "benevolent" dictator who suppressed dissent, yet achieved peace and economic growth.    From Wordnik.com.  [Joseph Sebarenzi: Rwanda: Heeding History's Lessons Before It's Too Late] Reference

Attitudes about who is best at selecting coverage need to change from the "benevolent" employer to the individual.    From Wordnik.com.  [Health Care Disintermediation, Arnold Kling | EconLog | Library of Economics and Liberty] Reference

How was Kelsier's "benevolent" plan to overthrow the Final Empire helping the common people who cleaned these steps?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mistborn] Reference

"Thee is known as a benevolent man, friend Crawford.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Lights and Shadows of Real Life] Reference

However, I will start with one of the more recent "benevolent" military endeavors.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mises Institute Daily Articles (Full-text version)] Reference

In his letter to the Queen, he also characterized the Austrians as "benevolent" spectators of the battle.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Letters of Horace Walpole, Earl of Orford — Volume 1] Reference

He saw my distress; and with a kind of benevolent pleasantry, asked me if I would let him guess any more?.    From Wordnik.com.  [Evelina, Or, the History of a Young Lady's Entrance into the World] Reference

It also testifies that a substantial section has not yet come under the 'benevolent' umbrella of the nation.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Hindu - Front Page] Reference

"Well, I am what I call a benevolent thief," replied Shih-Kung.    From Wordnik.com.  [Chinese Folk-Lore Tales] Reference