1.   Judges should not be influenced by political motives.

2.   Much of the recent speculation has overtly political motives.

3.   Oddly enough, conservative extremists shared his views, largely for unrelated internal political motives.

4.   The political motives that lay behind this patronage in no way detract from the superb aesthetic achievement that it produced.

5.   They also indicate his own political motives.

6.   While there were clearly political motives involved, there seems no reason to doubt his sincerity.

7.   The violence was clearly prompted by political motives.