Sentences with phrase «citizens in modern democracies»

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«If we wish to train good citizens of democracy it is essential that one of the conscious and deliberate aims of their teachers should be to interest their pupils in the affairs of the modern world and so to train them that they will later develop a power of wise social judgement.»

In modern society, liberals favour a liberal democracy with open and fair elections, where all citizens have equal rights by law and an equal opportunity to succeed.

Thankfully, that is no longer the case, and in modern democracies, church is separate from the state, the rule of law rests in the hands of legislators elected by citizens and judges chosen for their knowledge and prudence, rather...

Thankfully, that is no longer the case, and in modern democracies, church is separate from the state, the rule of law rests in the hands of legislators elected by citizens and judges chosen for their knowledge and prudence, rather than their adherence to dogma (in Canada anyway).