Sentences with phrase «best democratic ideals»

«The former President is therefore optimistic that the convention will produce a positive outcome that will help the PDP consolidate its position as the party with the best democratic ideals in the country,» he said.

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For this reason it is important for a democracy to have a strong public school system, and parents who cherish democratic ideals do well to send their children to schools, either public or independent, in which traditional class distinctions are minimized.

The best in the Western way of life is democratic and egalitarian, the excesses of capitalism being a deviation from the Western ideal of freedom and justice.

Yet within a framework of disparate biological inheritance fixed by nature and of disparate social inheritance which is the result of both biological and human forces, the democratic ideal requires that every person be given an opportunity to experience the «abundant life» and do the work for which he is best fitted.

The democratic ideal is a principle of liberty as well as equality, but again it is necessary to distinguish among types of liberty.

It promoted good character and democratic principles, parts of the old Whig ideals palatable to all Americans.

-- which invites answers measuring how well non-western countries fare in relation to a presumed model of western secularism — I start from liberal democratic ideals and assume that they are not ethnocentric: human rights, freedom, equality and democracy are universal aspirations.

In addition, one of the state's best - known Democratic activists and party leaders told The Post Cuomo's «ideal scenario» for a 2020 run was having Sanders as the Democratic nominee, only to lose in November, or to have a flawed Hillary Clinton lose in the general election as well.

I look forward to seeing what a united Democratic front does best: putting working families first and building an inclusive future that lives up to this country's highest ideals.»

Great, but there is no data at all that examines how well schools meet these necessary, democratic ideals.

Diversifying the teaching force is crucial to sustaining democratic ideals because the move can ensure that diverse perspectives are always a part of debates about policy and best practices,» he says.

Education has never been an easy problem to solve but as citizens who aspire to see a democratic country, we must do our best to reach this ideal.

Anyone, thanks to the Declaration of Independence, as well as other democratic ideals, affirms a person's unalienable property rights.

Influenced by the utopian ideals of the progressive education movement, it placed the arts at the center of liberal arts education and believed that in doing so it could better educate citizens for participation in a democratic society.

I suspect that Garner and I differ quite a bit politically, but I like to think we agree that the ideal of equal treatment under the law is best served when legal writing strives to be democratic (note the lower - case «d' there) rather than exclusionary, and, legal terms of art aside, understandable by any literate person.

We should aim to have a reform that speaks to our democratic ideals at least as much as our economic ones: we should wish for an immigration policy that is «good for Canada», that is, good for Canadian democracy.