Sentences with phrase «citizenries not»

As we increase our exposure, investing in disaster - resilient infrastructure and prepared citizenries not only makes moral and economic sense, it's also not dependent on one's personal views about climate change.

Not exact matches

He added, «An informed citizenry can not be sacrificed for a company's commercial interests.»

If Kraft Heinz had said it didn't want to work with a city whose project - approval process can be excruciating or a citizenry whose most vocal members are suspicious of multinational corporations and non-locally sourced processed meat, then Soglin might have something to worry about.

A perfect example of where the government takes from the citizenry but doesn't give back.

He added that his is the first government of Greece's new era and has no right to make mistakes, stressing that it must not forget that it is a government of «national salvation» bearing responsibility for restoring «security» and «dignity» to the citizenry.

Do you not think N. Korea would be different if the citizenry were armed?

Here, Wilson confronts the philosoher's dilemma, where even if we can establish the best order of society within his «traditional conservatism» we are still «burdened» with the imperfections of a citizenry beset by sundry diseases of the mind, not to mention the soul.

The democratic experiment can not survive for long if the citizenry is, with state approval, systematically misinformed.

One can argue we did not know the extent, but the US, Allies and every day citizenry might not have «sat» around necessarily, but 6 million died in large part because their lives were much lower on the objec.tives list.

The nation would function in the pragmatic yet the citizenry would recognize that it did not represent mankind (past, present, and future).

Does the fact that the humaneness of bonded child labor, often tied to the caste system, is disputed within India mean that «no unifying demands» should be placed on that country to halt the practice, or that India should not pass laws on the subject (as it has) until its citizenry is of a common moral mind?

(It is interesting to observe that such revelry must not have been uncommon among the larger citizenry, because Michal compared David's informality with what a common person might do.)

And collective citizenry can not be brought into a clinic.

Nonetheless, military coups, however decorous, are not part of the American tradition, nor that of the officer corps, which might well worry about how the citizenry would react to a move toward open military dictatorship.

As a result of this failure, democratic oversight of the government by an actively engaged citizenry did not — and could not — occur.

They want to challenge the way government — which is supposed to represent all of the citizenry — seems to, in some cases, afford Christians certain platforms that aren't given to other religions.

The individual citizen has little or no choice in the matter when the legislature taxes the citizenry and appropriates a portion of the revenues as subsidies to private organizations for purposes it deems appropriate (and of course it could not properly give any such subsidies to churches).

It is the responsibility not of government to formulate and perpetuate public policy but of the citizenry, who can do so wisely, creatively and effectively only by organizing themselves in voluntary groups around their various shared interests and concerns.

What the Constitution or the Bill of Rights could not specify, or could indicate only ambiguously, the ongoing give - and - take of an engaged citizenry would slowly clarify.

Or should illegal orders be refused, for the moral good of * our * side, as the war needs to end someday, and you don't want soldiers trained to do immoral but expedient and violent acts back amongst * our * citizenry?

I so love this country but not all its» citizenry play with respect and dignity and abstain from not taking the first punches.

Not a mention of Obama praying regardless how the citizenry will observe the day.

Ultimately, even if you are so criticized that you speech is effectively suppressed, then your legally derived rights don't protect you from being shouted down by the citizenry, but you are protected from the government.

But the Ketu North legislator believes that there could not be any development in the country if the citizenry refuse to pay taxes imposed on them by the government.

The SAFE ACT is a law, that criminalizes, harasses, and targets lawful citizens, that is being imposed on the lawful citizenry by a bunch of pathetic, cowardly legislatures, that would not have the nerve, nor back bone to target real criminals.

What we do not understand is the Legislature's willful abandonment of the regular legislative process to rush through a very complicated and controversial bill without giving even the members of the Legislature, much less the citizenry, time to analyze and respond to the proposal.

Many second amendment supporters do hold with the intent as expressed by Madison in that the 2nd Amendment is an unofficial «Fourth» check on the government, and that should government not correct it's over reaches, an armed citizenry will correct the over reach.

It also creates issues with Luddite citizenry such as the Amish, who on matters of religion do not use certain technologies, including cell phones and the internet, so an alternate way of re-deligation would need to be established for them (perhaps a service that will hold their votes in a way that can be trusted to vote in their interests).

This means, essentially, that Blair's focus on international investment projects in Africa will possibly contribute to the continuing underdevelopment of African's citizenry if good governance is not assured (again, it is unclear from AGI's website or Blair's press briefs on the subject how good governance is to be concretely guaranteed through loan agreements).

The primary charge of government at all levels is to protect the citizenry, and it appears as though that may not have happened in Hoosick Falls.

At the same time, the problem is so much larger than that lie — one feels that the budgetary priorities themselves are unjust and the money is spent in ways that do not benefit the majority of New York State's citizenry.

Secrecy jurisdictions (aka tax havens) may be characterised as jurisdictions that design regulations for use by people who do not reside within the jurisdiction in the full knowledge that these regulations undermine the capacity of other political authorities to regulate the conduct of their citizenry and support this process through the construction of a veil of secrecy.

Not only does it seem that modern industry is at odds with classical virtue, but the classical idea of a virtuous citizenry seems to fit uneasily with modern ideas about the equality of persons.

The oft - repeated idea that the job crisis was a result of selfishness on the part of elected officials and an infringement of their obligations to the citizenry highlights the need to take seriously «contemporary needs for care, moral connection and responsible obligations in ways that emancipatory liberal rights talk often does not» (Ferguson 2013: 237).

«Dan Donovan is an ethical and decent man who understands that the attorney general is elected to protect the citizenry of New York, not to persecute individuals or industries in order to achieve higher office.

We find it very bizarre that the Hon. Attorney - General, Ms Gloria Akufo, who assured the entire citizenry of her commitment to fairness and strict adherence to ethical principles at her vetting not too long ago, will claim that she exercised the said constitutional discretion on grounds merely that there was a lack of evidence to prosecute the case in question when indeed, the Siting Judge, Court Clerks, Court Bailiffs, Court Warrant Officers (CWOs), Journalists as well as notable public figures in whose presence the said court was physically attacked and the accused persons freed, are alive and available to be interviewed and evidence taken from same.

How's that helping out the already struggling ecomomy and the workers hardly making ends meet, not to mention the retired citizenry.

While noting that tax default is criminal, Alli said that the government is not only enforcing payment of taxes but to ensure compliance by all citizenry across the state.

And it's an indispensable quality in white - collar cops — the political and financial systems need upright enforcers of the rules to keep the most roguish operators from straying too far outside the lines, and to protect the citizenry that can't afford to buy insider connections.

The law abiding citizenry of NY is finally waking up to the overzealous Progressive Liberal agenda and will not tolerate it any longer!

Our democracy should not only be about holding free, fair and transparent elections; it should be about the totality of efforts to broaden access to healthcare, education, provide potable water, reliable power supply and other social amenities to the citizenry to make human habitation in Ghana a sight to behold.

Stressing further on the free SHS policy, the Ashanti regional youth organiser of the NDC said the government should not deceive the citizenry but should come out and retract it if they are not capable of fulfilling that policy.

«In one breath you want the general public, the citizenry to extend some courtesy, respect to us, but why don't we do the same thing to our fellow human beings?»

In a not too distant land, our sister country Nigeria has conducted an election that meets internationally acceptable best practices and according to the then commissioner of Nigeria (Prof. Attahiru Jega) «it's illogical not to change a register that has so many irregularities in it», and after changing the Nigeria voters register, his team went ahead to clean it from 73.5 million to 58 million people all in an effort to follow best practices and ensure transparency in order to win the trust of the citizenry in the Commission.

«It is therefore important that the State Government not only identifies the effects of the problems being perpetrated by these unscrupulous elements on commercial activities and peace of the citizenry but also finds lasting solutions to the menace.

He reiterated his 1 district, 1 factory pledge saying it was a sure way to create more jobs for the citizenry adding he was not one to make a pledge without endeavouring to honour it.

In this regard, he enjoined the citizenry to desist from promoting and tolerating corruption through their action of encouraging corrupt officials to live above their legitimate means by making requests of them that they can not meet within their legitimate income as public officials.

ISIS flowed into northern Iraq well armed and facing a shattered and largely disarmed citizenry, and it is near impossible to arrest the guy with the bigger gun when you don't have one.

«As a leader, your sense of responsibility and duty of care must be unto God and unto the citizenry and not unto those who merely shout praises,» he stated.

«We also require a much more confident citizenry that doesn't just voice concerns but actually demand that right that things be done and monitor it,» he added.