Sentences with phrase «benevolence of»

Some manage it through the benevolence of friends and family.

However, it is clear that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Northern Territory have an ongoing vulnerability to laws infringing upon their human rights, and that constitutional rights protection mechanisms should not be left to the benevolence of a particular government.

If we are represented, it is largely through the benevolence of a saviour mentality.

These conclusions include whether they possess the qualities that attract the care giving and benevolence of attachment figures (i.e., am I worthy of being cared for properly).

Today's communal lands resulted not from the benevolence of Australian governments, but the unwavering demands of generations of Indigenous activists... As Indigenous people our relationships with land sustain us, provide the foundations for our social order and define our identity.

This is a continuation of a pattern in the government's «take it or leave it approach» to reconciliation which implies that Indigenous people are dependent on the benevolence of government rather than the establishment of an equal partnership in developing the terms of debate in regard to reconciliation and Indigenous policy.

He would always leave it to the benevolence of the Legislature, for, modify it as you please, it will be impossible to express it in such a manner as to clear it from ambiguity.

Unfortunately, human beings are using the energy stored in carbon — coal, gas and oil, at a rate that far exceeds nature's (through the benevolence of a star called the sun) timescale for renewal.

The dark irony here is that, while very general risk - induced doubts in the benevolence of the promises of governments to protect their citizens lead to criticisms of the inefficiency of scholarly and state authorities, critics are blind to the possibilities of erecting (or expanding) the authoritarian state on this very inefficiency... Central, however, are not, as with Huntington, traditional religiously grounded «civilizations», but opposing risk belief religions.

But at a deeper level, argues Hamilton, the concept is a theodicy, «founded on a belief in the ultimate benevolence of the whole, a goodness that in the end transcends and defeats the structural obstacles, sufferings, and moral lapses that seem to threaten it.»

Although the ecomoderns write as humanists, they construe the new epoch in a way that is structurally a theodicy, that is, a theological argument that aims to prove the ultimate benevolence of God....

* made possible by the combined benevolence of Burr Dodd of Brooklyn Fire Proof and Arts in Bushwick.

That's the kind of collateral benevolence of these courses.

The benevolence of artists is often overlooked, but without their energy projects like this simply could not exist.»

Some point to the benevolence of central bankers printing money to stave off deflation, to induce inflation, to reduce unemployment, to devalue currency in the face of mounting sovereign debt (and interest payments due).

Widowed and destitute, she must rely on the dubious benevolence of her secretive uncle, an art collector living in Venice.

Although Goodwill Industries spreads a lot of benevolence of its own through its donation stores, the Goodwill Education Initiative relies on private donors, fund - raising campaigns and money from other sources to help finance its high school.

Expecting schools to rely on the benevolence of rich sponsors (or contributions from well heeled parents) just widens and entrenches the divide between the privileged and underprivileged.

Lavin: Menlo Park School District parent survey and the benevolence of retired California teachers San Mateo County Times, February 25, 2013 «Menlo Park City School District (MPCSD), in conjunction with SurveyMonkey, the world's largest survey company, became the first in the Bay Area to launch the innovative Harvard Graduate School of Education Pre K - 12 Parent Survey.»

And that's to say nothing of how the country remains a monarchy, where citizens» happiness is directly dependent on the benevolence of the king.

Most people, like Galen, the Roman physician, thought that it was due to the benevolence of the gods, that it was all arranged for our benefit.

As economist Adam Smith said: «It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self - interest.

He also gave GHC10, 000 to the Nadoli - Kaleo constituency executives for the immediate completion of the constituency party office, which is under construction on the benevolence of the constituency Chairman, Mr. Martin Andonye.

It was a moment of joy as troops of Operation Lafiya Dole in 7 Division Area of Responsibility that benefited from the benevolence of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. General Tukur Yusufu Buratai's Special Promotion for soldiers who actively participated in «Operation Deep Punch II» were decorated...

Rather than test the benevolence of the blogosphere, in which case, I also offer this prediction of mine, written at the 2007 Labour conference.

In urging the need to look beyond the benevolence of others to finance implementation of the SDGs agenda, President Akufo - Addo was confident that Ghana, and, indeed, Africa, has the means to finance the implementation of the SDGs.

According to Lawyer Addison, they traveled to Dubai courtesy the benevolence of Ameri to negotiate with officials of Ameri.

But in a bitterly cruel way, this benevolence of the NGOs, western nations, and Kenya also imposes on camp refugees a sense of uselessness.

The benevolence of it in my life and the brutality of it in the lives of others.»

Circumventing justice twisted our community life by offering a benevolence of mere fantasy and sentimentality and further jeopardized the remaining threads of concrete mutuality within our national community.

3 I realize that the benevolence of Whitehead's God has certainly been a debatable point, but the controversy lies beyond the bounds of my article.

The continuing secular popularity of Pope Francis, thought Sandro Magister, had a good reason, which «explains better than any other the benevolence of worldwide secular public opinion toward Francis... [and that is] his silence in the political camp, especially on the minefield that sees the greatest opposition between the Catholic Church and the dominant culture.

«Additional seats for minorities are not a matter of grace and benevolence of political parties, but are constitutional requirements so that the legitimate interests of the minorities are provided for,» ruled the court, according to UCA News.

The separation of religion and state might make sense where a tiny Jewish minority needed the benevolence of an overwhelming Christian majority but, wrenched from American context, the terms of accommodation to Christian norms were starkly exposed.

Mankind does NOT need the benevolence of God, it would be our damnation.

The multiverse idea offers an explanation of why we find ourselves in a universe favorable to life that does not rely on the benevolence of a creator, and so if correct will leave still less support for religion.»

Behind it all lies the vision of the all - embracing power and benevolence of the Creator.

«It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer, or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own interest.

In the channellings of Kryon by Lee Carroll we can learn for instance: «There is simplicity, beauty and benevolence of systems built for you, dear Human Being, because you, like me, are from another place.

It is not from the benevolence of the butcher, the brewer or the baker, that we expect our dinner, but from their regard to their own self interest.

Finally, the church also administered poor - relief and benevolences of all kinds through the deacons.

Not exact matches

To establish trust, Robert Hurley, a professor of management at Fordham University and the author of The Decision to Trust, recommends using the CBASIC method — communication, benevolence, aligned interests, similarities, integrity and competence.

In a sign of benevolence, the pilots were allowed to wear shirts.

These investments have not been an act of benevolence towards U.S. taxpayers.

John's prescience, leadership and benevolence serve as a living acknowledgement and embodiment of Thomas Edison's values and principles,» Bonafilia added.

atheist.org — An organization of Benevolence?

Let me tell you this... if there is a force of benevolence in this universe, I would definitely fall on its side.

But I trust that our countrymen will not be softened to that kind of crimes and criminals; for if we should, our hearts will be hardened to everything which has a claim on our benevolence.

God allows the existence of the devil to cement the credibility of his benevolence...

It is worth mentioning this in light of the tendency of some well - meaning Christians, sincerely committed to improving the Christian relationship with Judaism, to assume that all malevolent obstacles to that improvement come from the Christian side and that from the Jewish side flows only benevolence.