Sentences with phrase «as a statesman who»

Former President Goodluck Jonathan has described President Muhammadu Buhari as a statesman who has earned a special place in history.

He died at the age of 83, and was mourned as both a great figure in literature but also as a statesman who shaped democracy in France.

Not exact matches

As the great theologian and statesman Abraham Kuyper once observed, «In the total expanse of human life there is not a single square inch of which Christ, who alone is sovereign, does not declare, «That is mine!»»

Fathers especially can take as their model the patron of statesmen, St Thomas More, Lord Chancellor of England in the 16th century, who was once described in The Sunday Times newspaper as «the most saintly of humanists, and the most human of saints».13

Born in 1837, Abraham Kuyper was a major intellectual figure in the Dutch Calvinist tradition for many years before his death in 1929: a theologian, pastor, newspaper editor, and statesman who founded the Free University of Amsterdam and served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 1901 - 1905.

But the process theists tend to see God as something of a wise statesman who refuses to be bought off by any lobby or bloc.

The universal class is not the statesmen but rather, as Marx claimed, the oppressed who comprise the vast majority of the world's population.

Africanus foretells the younger Scipio's career, as a general and a statesman and, ultimately, reformer of the Roman constitution, and then assures his grandson that God loves the laws that bind human beings together in cities, and that in heaven there is a sure abode of immortal beatitude for all who guard and serve their homelands.

One thinks of William Temple, who in more ways than one deserved the phrase humorously applied to him in early days, «not one, but all mankind in effigy,» 46 Those who think of him first of all as philosopher, Christian socialist, ecumenical statesman, or evangelist should remember that it was the priesthood of the Church of England to which his life was primarily devoted, and by its traditions that he was inspired.

After he came to the Kings as a free agent during the strike - shortened» 98 - 99 season, he evolved into the Elder Statesman, both a guide for young teammates and an anguished patriot who gave time and money to his war - torn homeland, where his parents, who are Serbian, still live in the house where Vlade was born.

The sky is the limit for Rashan Gary and Chase Winovich, who will join Bryan Mone as the elder statesmen on Michigan's defensive line following the graduation of defensive tackle Maurice Hurst.

The Governor described Mama Akande as a great mother, loyal wife and, above all, one of the last bastions of progressive women in the region, who diligently served the people, the party and his husband till her last moment on the surface of the earth, noting that Mama Akande was a great pillar behind Chief Bisi Akande through thick and thin during the elder statesman's political career.

Some of my friends in the media vigorously attack Nigerian journalists and statesmen who openly commend the Ghanaian administration for the strides made so far.Chief Dele Momodu recently said this about of our President «People don't know why I love Ghana so much and the current leader in particular.He is modest, not flamboyant as we see of other leaders», on BBC few days ago Nigerians interviewed used the positive signs in Ghana as appropriate yardstick to attack their government, a documentary going round in the international media exposes the lackadaisical performance of the Nigerian government using the positive performance recorded under John Mahama.The latest BBC reports on the Nigerian economy captures that the cost of living in Nigeria continue to soar and in June, accelerated to 16.5 % the highest rate in almost 11 years.Gari which is supposed to be the cheapest commodity in the country can not be afforded by the poor.

It is an idea shared by Secretary of State for International Development, Andrew Mitchell, who has lauded the plan as «extremely sensible» in this week's New Statesman.

The future direction of Labour is set out clearly by Owen Smith, who recently in the New Statesman, described the reforms as a «historic attempt to make Labour a true people's party once more».

He told the New Statesman he views Miliband as «polite and nice», a member of the «soft left» of the Labour party and who is «instinctively a bit more pluralistic than most Labour leaders and a bit more internationalist as well».

Governor Ganduje described the late elder statesman as an irreplaceable intellectual who devoted his entire time to serving Nigeria and Africa in general.

The New Statesman reports that «local members believe that Mahmood may be acting as the stalking horse for his sister, the current mayor of Waltham Forest, Saima Mahmud, who may be a candidate in the event of a trigger ballot against Creasy».

Fearless Catholic Bishop of Kafanchan Diocese, Reverend Father Joseph Danlami Bagobiri was on point when, recently, he accused el - Rufai of taking sides with the armed herdsmen, thus failing in his responsibility as a true statesman; and becoming, therefore, a biased umpire who, according to the priest, «blames and criminalises southern Kaduna victims as the cause of the mayhem.»

New YouGov research for the New Statesman reveals that those who voted for Jeremy Corbyn overwhelmingly describe themselves as left - wing.

On his part, Uduaghan described the late Ibru as a quintessential industrialist ahead of his time and as «a man who believed in the dignity of labour and a statesman never to be forgotten.»

Clement Richard Attlee, 1st Earl Attlee, KG, OM, CH, PC, FRS [1](3 January 1883 — 8 October 1967) was a British statesman of the Labour Party who served as Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 1945 to 1951 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1935 to 1955.

«As we look forward to reuniting with our leader and elder statesman who is fondly called the Architect of Modern Plateau for his transformational work which remains an enduring legacy in the history of Plateau State, we do that with a measure of confidence in the knowledge that morning will come no matter the length of night», he stressed.

The elder statesman, who will turn 90 years old on April 10, made the assertions in his autobiography, «Telling it as it is», which was presented in Lagos on Tuesday.

As Stephen Bush of the New Statesman has comprehensively pointed out, those who do not vote do not think that differently from those who do — Labour could expect no significant advantage from extra turnout overall.

The New Statesman quotes an unnamed Labour staffer who works on London issues (and is therefore presumably close to Sadiq Khan though the Staggers does not say this) as saying:

Outlook: «Few other LibDem spokesmen sound as authoritative» (Peter Riddell, The Times), «is said to impress Tony Blair» (Steve Richards, New Statesman), the active, mainstream Scots QC, who recaptured Asquith's old seat for the Liberals on his third try, a former athletic star, he admits to being «obsessed» by anabolic steroids

«As an elder statesman who is versed in official protocol, Chief Obasanjo thought it appropriate to pay a courtesy visit on the governor of Edo State.

«You have continued to serve her, even in your old age, as an elder statesman and sage who calmly offers his wise counsel on national issues.

Nwobodo, who observed the congress as an elder statesman, said: «Our party faithful in Enugu South Local Government Area had displayed comportment and commitment to the party; in spite of the heavy rain, most of them turned up.

Suffering mass loss of life, Eggsy and Merlin (Mark Strong), seemingly the only Kingsman who survived, are left to find aid in their United States brethren known as the Statesman.

Whitaker, who is also in a little film arriving this year called Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, is on as Zuri, an elder statesman in T'Challa's home nation of Wakanda.

As an added (but forced) plot twist it is revealed that the Statesmen recovered Harry Hart (Colin Firth), Eggsy's mentor who for all intents and purposes was killed in the previous movie.

Did the movie need to kill off nearly everyone (except Mark Strong's Merlin, who's still there to provide tactical support) simply to introduce Statesman, which operates behind the cover of a successful whiskey brand, as opposed to Kingsman's posh Saville Row suit shop (the costumes are tip - top, as always).

But, as luck would have it, Firth's likable Harry Hart — who was ostensibly killed by a shot to the head in the first film — turns out be alive and almost well, kept in a padded room in Statesman's unremarkable underground headquarters, one - eyed and suffering from amnesia.

Retconning the backstory of The Secret Service, The Golden Circle then sends these last remaining Kingsmen off to the former colonies in search of Statesman, a hitherto unknown American counterpart organization disguised as a distillery in Kentucky, with cowboy agents code - named after beverages: Ginger Ale (Halle Berry), Whiskey (Pedro Pascal), Tequila (Channing Tatum, in what turns out to be a glorified cameo), and the head honcho, Champagne (Jeff Bridges), who goes by «Champ.»

Then there's his superior Champagne (Jeff Bridges), who strangely never seems to leave the Statesmen's boardroom, and technical advisor Ginger Ale (Halle Berry), who spends the film as a glorified Satnav, offering directions to the nearest satellite - surveilled baddie from behind a desktop computer.

He became close to Roy Lichtenstein, who later arranged teaching jobs for him, and met Salvador Dalí and Andy Warhol - «shy, polite, treated me like an elder statesman» — as well as Barnett Newman, who gave him early encouragement.

I see Hans Ulrich as a modern - day incarnation of Musil's Diotima, who runs salons in The Man Without Qualities, connecting writers to economists and philosophers to artists, statesmen, and scientists, and everything in between.

Armstrong, who has been part of a local movement promoting the building of more tiny homes as an affordable housing alternative, says on Austin - American Statesman that the flexibility that tiny homes offer was one reason she built one for herself, in the midst of rising housing prices in Austin:

As this article from the Austin American - Statesman details, Barnes was arrested in January for attacking a deputy who told her she couldn't bring a knife into the Travis County courthouse.

This was the first time a uniformed police man had come into our family's home looking for an accused, whereas usually the police would come to my family house as escorts to my uncles, who were Highly Positioned Judges or statesmen.

The politicians responsible would now be feted as great statesmen and women, and there is no chance whatsoever that seven years later there would be any inquiry pouring over the finer nuances of international law, the AG's advice, and precisely who knew what and when regarding WMD.

We should recall Ambrose Bierce's definition of «Conservative» as a noun, in The Devil's Dictionary: «A statesman who is enamored of existing evils, as distinguished from the Liberal, who wishes to replace them with others.»

The elder statesman also speaks fondly of the now - retired Don Lawby, who joined Century 21 in 1976 as a sales associate and rose to become its president in 1988.

Results of that in the US is the city of Detroit that is bankrupt, California is bankrupt, predicts that Chicago is on the verge of bankruptcy who are seeing the signs of high unemployment, massive debt and increased violence as a result of statesman awarding themselves huge financial benefits.