Sentences with phrase «about liberal values»

In a statement this morning Dr Cable said: «With 20 years on the national political stage I am passionate as ever about our liberal values.

«With 20 years on the national political stage I am passionate as ever about our liberal values.

Not exact matches

Several disgruntled former employees have expressed concerns about «groupthink» being ingrained in what is widely known as a hyper - liberal company culture value system where expressions of other views are not welcome and can lead to being ostracized or being shown the door.

The point I was making about liberals is that many of you understand that the bible can not be taken at face - value, but do so when it is convenient for you.

In my earlier years I had little doubt about not only the moral superiority but also the historical future of the values of the liberal democratic tradition.

> Actually, it is the liberal Western society which has no qualms about invading, bombing, and destroying > societies that do not comfort with so - called Western «values.»

Along with Anthony Appiah and other current writers about the university, she acknowledges the intrinsic value of study (her most recent book on the topic is titled Not for Profit), while ultimately defending the value of liberal arts as essential for social and political progress.

Without irreverence or irresponsibility, liberals are also able to retain their sense of humor, even about these «values / goals / priorities / agendas» concerning which they can be so serious and intense.

Nor is it to be found in most of the discussions about the virtue and value of public service for America's young people, discussions that have been going on for some years now» for convenience call them «post-Vietnam»» among both liberals and conservatives.

After that start talking only about religion, God, cultural values, abortion, family values, «common man», and blame all the problems the country faces on liberals, Obama, France, Europe, the Chinese, outsourcing,... in short everyone else, except themselves.

Admittedly, I am a liberal Mormon, but the way I think about my faith, I would not see any value in fasting for a political candidate.

The Chronicle of Higher Education and Change have been much concerned about values recently, as have the American Association of Higher Education and the other Washington - based educational agencies; the Danforth Foundation recently held a workshop on values in liberal arts education, and the whole issue has been given academic credibility by programs in moral development and in value analysis at several universities.

Whatever is distinctive about Judaism has been left out of account either because it does not accord with the liberal consensus or because Jews lack a public philosophy of adequate complexity to mediate the values of their tradition to the culture at large.

The tendency has been to bog down in fights between the Right and the Left, where conservatives were worried that character education programs were all about teaching mushy diversity and general sort of tolerance, and liberals were worried that character education was about teaching religion and more conservative values.

The prior assumption is that Catalonia is a specific demos that has the right to decide about its future according to liberal - democratic values and rules.

Certainly, the Coalition has not been big on socially liberal reforms (gay marriage being a major exception), but nor has it been especially socially conservative — gone is the sermonising about «Victorian values» and «Back to Basics» which was a pronounced feature of the» 79 - «97 Conservative government.

As David Howarth, the former Liberal Democrat MP for Cambridge, has argued, the party also needs to start talking more explicitly about its values:

In the debate, Cruz doubled - down on Trump's «New York values» which he framed as being about big money, big media and socially liberal values on abortion.

The Liberal Democrats have spoken out on a number of occasions about their concern in labelling values as specifically British.

It is my hope and prayer that the following pages on the resource linked below will help you get to know the Liberal Democrats a bit better and see how the values of the Liberal Democrat Party resonate with Christianity, as well as find out about our vision and policies for the future.

«Here's what Ted Cruz doesn't understand about us: We are proud of our New York values,» de Blasio says in an appeal to his liberal base.

As liberal - arts colleges around the country face financial woes and skepticism about the value of their degrees, rumblings of distress are emerging from arts - and - sciences professors at even one of the nation's most elite schools: Columbia University.

If we do go into coalition government again, whether or not the electoral system changes, we would need to try doing it differently, in three ways: first, we should adopt a transactional approach from day one in an effort to communicate that we are in fact fighting for our values; second, we should be ruthless about protecting the interests of our core supporters, including students and public sector workers; and third, we really, really need to be luckier — whatever one's analysis about the Liberal Democrats in government, the rise of Scottish nationalism and the fearful response to it south of the border is something the party neither caused nor could do very much about.

The Liberal case for Leave is about championing positive values and believing in reform and progress.

He also had very harsh words for Mayor Bill de Blasio, criticizing him for trying to shut down charter schools and stressing that he was referring to liberal Democratic politicians like him when he made his derisive comment about «New York values» earlier in the campaign.

The site is tailored to the typical criteria of traditional matchmakers, with questions about family values (traditional, moderate or liberal), profession and even complexion.

We see a young Senator Jay Bulworth (Beatty) pictured with Bobby Kennedy and other notable liberal luminaries, then a tape of the contemporary Senator mouthing the latest neo-con homilies about work, not welfare and the importance of family values, then a close - up of the Senator at his desk, slowly losing his grip on sanity.

But research shows many remain conflicted about their value: in a 2014 survey by Richard Patterson and Robert Patterson of 90 professors at a liberal - arts school, 57 percent agreed that laptops enhanced learning, but 42 percent thought laptops decreased participation.

A few years ago, standards were being attacked by Christian conservatives fearful of the outcomes - based - education movement, which appeared to be succeeding in making a particular set of liberal expectations about attitudes and values the official approach.

Their historical value is especially great, for, regardless of his personal aloofness and his liberal views, everyone of any importance in Tsarist Russia sat for Serov, yet not one of the resulting paintings has anything of the official portrait about it; each is a sincere and illuminating document.

That's very much at odds with what residents know about Texas, which is home to a broad mix of conservative and liberal values and lifestyles.

JimD FYI the very serious problem with Benghazi is the known false cover story (BTW I know a lot about the specific details of this event) not so bad except for the poor wannabe movie maker they arrested to cover their lie free speech... once a liberal value I am a «denier» because of my best evaluation of the evidence not because I'm «scared» of a carbon tax not because I don't like Obama

Given a liberal outlook and strong environmental values, it must be difficult for scientists to understand why so many Americans have reservations about complex policies that impose costs on consumers without offering clearly defined benefits.

Let us not forget that David's «values» are aligned with his innate skepticism so that he can «correctly» identify any «collective deceptions» about the attributes of liberals and conservatives, respectively.

That is what the challenge of radical Islam is about: a test to see if liberals mean it when they use words like tolerance, diversity and multiculturalism, or even the Liberal Party's campaign catch - phrases, «Charter values» and Canadian values.»