Sentences with phrase «citizenry as»

The said persons are personalities of high standing in the nation and appointees of His Excellency, President Akuffo Addo and thus any mud thrown at them indirectly damages the image of the President and the citizenry as well.

In season one of Food Revolution, which many of you no doubt watched, Oliver visited Huntington, West Virginia (allegedly the fattest city in America) and attempted to teach healthful eating to its citizenry as well as improve its school food.

To make matters worse, he was a leading champion of the good sense of the citizenry as against the nostrums of bureaucrats and so - called experts.

All pretense to the concept of armed citizenry as a defense against a standing army was obliterated by the Union Army during the civil war.

Not exact matches

The warm ties between Beijing and Singapore — which has a large ethnically Chinese citizenry — however, have been strained recently as China becomes increasingly assertive.

«This work will encourage responsible energy exploration and production, in order to advance the United States» position as a global energy force and foster security for the benefit of the American citizenry.»

A smart move by the team, as the Eskimos could ill - afford a misdirected chorus of boos from a cynical citizenry.

For one thing, it tends to treat them (indeed, by legal requirements of equal protection, must treat them) as interchangeable units of the citizenry, and too often this means impersonally.

Religion serves its respective culture as a way, through pro.geny / citizenry, to per.petuate indefinitely its values..

Butler shows how in the early national period, as the line of distinction between religion and the civil authorities («separation of church and state») developed and the citizenry relied ever less on the government for things spiritual or ecclesiastical, church life prospered.

Whatever doubts may exist about the sources of this democracy, there can be none about the chief source of the morality that gives it life and substance... [From the Hebrew tradition, via the Puritans, come] the contract and all its corollaries; the higher law as something more than a «brooding omnipresence in the sky»; the concept of the competent and responsible individual; certain key ingredients of economic individualism; the insistence on a citizenry educated to understand its rights and duties; and the middle - class virtues, that high plateau of moral stability on which, so Americans believe, successful democracy must always build [Seedtime of the Republic (Harcourt, Brace, 1953, p. 55)-RSB-.

Oh, and from a totally nonreligious standpoint, helping our citizenry get a strong education and stay healthy so they can continue to be productive members of society instead of winding up on disability or on unemployment due to limited job skills happens to make economic sense as well.

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?

If we, as a citizenry, would spend half of our time trying to help solve our country's and world's problems, this would be a much saner society.

Ask yourself what the chances are that a country's environmental problems might lead to catastrophe without also creating international military repercussions, possibly starting as an internal rebellion among a citizenry tired of its resource hardships, for which it blames the existing government.

In this sense men are a product of their societies, just as societies are a product of the beliefs and practices of their citizenry.

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

That ratio strikes me as highly implausible, even taking into account the lengths to which various contending powers went in order to hide the true numbers of losses from their citizenry.

Even the compelling power of legal statutes is only as effective as is the action of those individuals whose task it is to judicially enforce those civil laws, or as the laws themselves are commonly upheld by the citizenry.

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).

As Hobbes's illustration to the Leviathan so eloquently depicted, an increasingly «liberated» citizenry, resulting from the diminishment of constitutive memberships in social groups and associations, would be connected only through one bond, one relation, one connection» the state.

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?

It serves as the foundation of spiritual, moral, and social fibre, which moulds a socially responsible citizenry and strong nation building.»

«We the people» are identified by our occupations, and we make up a citizenry defined as an all - inclusive «special - interest group,» chiefly concerned with «a healthy, vigorous, growing economy that provides equal opportunity for all Americans.»

This facade of Christianity gave a veneer of legitimacy to his hatred and allowed him to focus Germany's discontent on a scapegoat while simultaenously absolving the citizenry of guilt by letting them rationalize it as God's will: «My feelings as a Christian points me to my Lord and Savior as a fighter.

At a time when the rest of the world, especially the West and some parts of Asia, leads in industrial, technological and scientific innovations and advancements, including such vigorous pursuits as the political economy of comparative advantage, of improving the standard of living and the quality of life of their hardworking citizenry, many of us in the African world are on the other hand dangerously still stuck in the backward - thinking historical periodization of the Middle Ages.

Ghana also became self - sufficient in the production of food as the citizenry got involved in the cultivation of backyard garden.

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.

According to him, a formidable and virile synergy with the private sector has the greatest potential to spur provision of social amenities for the benefit of the entire citizenry even as government is poised to tap all available opportunities needed to push CBD to the next level for the attainment of the desired international standard.

The state government in readiness for the action has ordered the immediate closure of all primary and secondary schools in the state as a way of protecting the lives and properties of the entire citizenry.

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).

«We have successfully incorporated masses into all our policies and programmes as many of our projects are designed to banish poverty, hunger, unemployment and as well make life more meaningful and abundant for the citizenry», he added.

Large countries like the UK should have no trouble with extending an open invitation to the public to participate in the process through crowd sourcing as long as appropriate sampling techniques are used to compile a representative collection of comments and suggestions offered by the citizenry.

This elite would successfully overcome any opposition from the citizenry so as to impose its own conception of the public good.

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.

The end result was that the Rochester chief of police wound up on TV verifying to the citizenry that, yup, Rochestarians (and even Rastafarians) have the right to record the police as they perform their duties in NYS as Ms. Good did.

Is there any justification for President Trump's allegations that the much of the mainstream media's coverage of his actions and positions are so stilted and biased as to warrant accusations of «fake news, and that they are thereby doing a disservice to the citizenry?

What drives all this racket of intellect, and thunder of integrity, positioning the former president as the model of honest and enlightened 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.

This is in the sense that, The People's Forum - Ghana, considers such «Contentious statements» as economic speculations and as a key element of our national discourse and as such its settlement will enhance the awareness of the citizenry and better inform the electorates in their decision making and as well eliminate the damning effect it could have on our economy.

«At this critical stage in our country where people are fast losing hope in politicians to address the current economic crisis and deal with corruption, Ghana needs a leader who is honest, decisive, incorruptible, and competent, to improve the lives of the citizenry,» Mrs. Akufo - Addo, who is sometimes addressed by some NPP elements as «First Lady In - Waiting,» said.

Former President John Dramani Mahama has lashed out at the government for what he describes as the slow pace of development, saying the government has failed on a majority of its promises to the citizenry.

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.

Some of these citizenry who are massing up to show to the world which candidate they prefer he wins this years elections are the celebrities or better still those we classify in our socierties as stars or popular personalities in the country.

As a 21st century Minister with the mindset to salvage our young democracy, it is certainly true that the reality of ethnic, religious, and reciprocal positions will periodically find their ways into some of your decisions but let your vision be constantly corrected by cultivating a citizenry and national spirit as you execute your duties to the natioAs a 21st century Minister with the mindset to salvage our young democracy, it is certainly true that the reality of ethnic, religious, and reciprocal positions will periodically find their ways into some of your decisions but let your vision be constantly corrected by cultivating a citizenry and national spirit as you execute your duties to the natioas you execute your duties to the nation.

Cantor, in the video, says there is an «awakening in the hearts and minds of the citizenry» this year even as liberals suffered setbacks at the ballot box.

As if the citizenry really cares about who gets jobs in the City Clerk's office or Common Council central office.

As far as I am concerned, the government of the day is just paying lip service go the health needs of our citizenrAs far as I am concerned, the government of the day is just paying lip service go the health needs of our citizenras I am concerned, the government of the day is just paying lip service go the health needs of our citizenry.

«That this attack is as a result of the failure of security agencies particularly the JTF, the Navy and the police whose onerous responsibility is to provide security and protect lives and property of the citizenry,» the monarch said.

His jaded choice of David Paterson as running mate left the citizenry, in effect, with no one in command.