Sentences with phrase «attack against the principle»

Not surprisingly, Trump's remarks triggered outrage among the media because it amounts to a head - on attack against the principle of a free press — a fundamental element of the U.S. democratic system.

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Instead of joining in a hue and cry against a churchman for engaging in this system in which every one of us is implicated, from which even the bishop's salary is derived, or hiding our Christian faces in shame because his hypocritical enemies hold him up as a «horrible example,» the clear call of Christ is that his followers should make a frontal attack upon the pagan system itself, and demand that our economic order shall give way to an economic order embodying the principles of the kingdom of God (July 17, 1929).

They include the «chilling effects» of libel suits, the perennial conflicts between property and access, the three out of four publishers who intervene in news decisions affecting their local markets, the advertisers» freedom to move their money to where their interests are, industry self - regulation in broadcasting and advertising, the backlash against conveying under duress (as in a hostage crisis) points of view that are never aired as directly without duress, the flareups of book banning and censorship of textbooks, the rout of the civil rights movement, the retreat from principles of fairness and equality (even where never implemented), the attack on scientific and humane teaching, the threat of self - appointed media watchdogs to also spy on teachers in the classroom, and the general vigor of ancient orthodoxies masquarading as neo-this and neo-that.

These philosophical principles obviously collide with the worldview of low - intensity - conflict planners for whom nonalignment is a contradiction in terms, and a mixed economy is an attack against corporate capitalism.

The crisis of the socialist world and the attacks against this theology have given to the theologians the opportunity to make an evaluation, to asses their own principles and criteria and to open themselves to the new challenges coming from the changing situation.

Let me add that my biblical vision of the world, in which justice is a central principle, leads me naturally to condemn and to fight strongly against the physical and verbal attacks of which homosexual persons are victims, in the same way that I strongly condemn and fight against racist and anti-Semitic speeches and deeds.

No attempt to «reconstitute» Q has succeeded in making of it a well - arranged «handbook», although there are signs of a rough general arrangement by subjects, (Cf. T. W. Manson in The Mission and Message of Jesus, pp. 3 f.) and these subjects seem to have included those most vital for Christian evangelism, the Substance of the Christian Life, Principles of Christian Missionary Propaganda, Defence of the New Religion against Jewish Attacks, Expectation of the Judgement.

Therefore, as Yoram Dinstein claims, «even after the endorsement of the principle of proportionality... the danger of incidental injury to civilians — as a collateral damage resulting from attacks against military objectives — can not be lightly dismissed.»

The decision not to adopt the commitment «made no sense to me», as it was «plain wrong» in principle and denied Labour a potentially game - changing line of attack against David Cameron's Conservatives, he said.

Conservative and libertarian «reformers» love ed reform liberals because they give cover to a project that fits entirely with their principles but entirely against those of Matt Yglesias: destroying public institutions, smashing unions, and attacking liberal Democratic constituencies like public school teachers.

Thus, we consider this case against the background of a national commitment to the principle that debate on public issues should be uninhibited, robust, and wide - open, and that it may well include vehement, caustic, and sometimes unpleasantly sharp attacks on government and public officials.

That means that - in principle - you can defend yourself against an attack by any means that is necessary to stop it.

As one nominee noted, «her principled stand against the attacks of Harper and his government definitely represent the leadership story of 2014.»

Her specialist areas include creating bespoke wealth preservation structures which include best practice governance principles and robust defence mechanisms to protect against family conflict and external attacks.

After concluding that the cyber «attacks» against the nation of Georgia in 2008 did not constitute «armed attack» under current definitions of the term in the law of war, a report from the NATO Co — operative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) concluded that «new approaches to traditional LOAC [law of armed conflict] principles need to be developed.»