We pay our dues not only as residents but as residents /
citizens of this great country by assisting our relatives back home monthly some weekly.
Not exact matches
The
citizens of the host
country expunge all cynicism and find their eyes filling with tears; television viewers around the globe are inspired
by a new generation
of fresh - faced athletes, many
of them competing in events which would draw almost zero interest in any other context; the networks and sponsors breathe a
great sigh
of relief knowing that their massive investment was sound; and the folks in Lausanne smile a secret smile.
But for the future we require a dream
of a world -
citizen who, without denying or betraying his native land asks not how his
country can become
greater in power and prestige but how it can serve and be served
by the total world community for the sake
of the mutual survival and fulfillment
of all.
The nearest I ever came to engaging in a deliberate act
of civil disobedience was about a decade ago when I read The
Great Treasury Raid
by Philip M. Stern.1 This book tells how the tax laws
of this
country have been manipulated
by wealthy people and huge corporations for their own interests and to the disadvantage
of the large majority
of less privileged
citizens.
The two
great points
of difference between a democracy and a republic are: first, the delegation
of the government, in the latter, to a small number
of citizens elected
by the The effect
of the first difference is, on the one hand, to refine and enlarge the public views,
by passing them through the medium
of a chosen body
of citizens, whose wisdom may best discern the true interest
of their
country, and whose patriotism and love
of justice will be least likely to sacrifice it to temporary or partial considerations.
«My plan is to enjoy this
great parade put on
by some wonderful
citizens of this
great city and
great country,» Fossella said.
Zephyr will be a strong and persuasive voice for moving the
country toward
greater equality in earnings for women and the 99 %, increasing the minimum wage, and helping more
citizens engage in electoral politics
by supporting public funding
of elections.
The responsibility
of each
citizen and community to ensure meaningful decision - making that is based on the twin principles
of ecological integrity and socio - economic equity, conditioned in the interim
by a «common but differentiated responsibility» in which those currently rich within the
country take on a
greater role and / or are incentivised or forced to to give up their excessively consumptive lifestyles in order for the poor to have adequate levels
of human security.
It presents 12 key findings which focus on four main
citizen requests: immediate and faster climate action
by national leaders;
greater finance for climate action; building more progress in line with the different capacities
of countries; strengthening the role
of citizen participation in the UN climate negotiations.
By studying and living in the United Kingdom (or any other
country), you'll get a
greater understanding
of the political and social structure and how everyday
citizens feel about it.
Confronted
by the grave warnings thus issuing from courts
of great pan-European authority,
citizens of countries whose Muslim population is increasing very rapidly
by immigration and a relatively high birthrate may ask themselves whether it is prudent, or just to the children and grandchildren
of everyone in their
country, to permit any further migratory increase in that population, or even to accept the presence
of immigrant non-citizen Muslims without deliberating seriously about a possible reversal — humane and financially compensated for and incentivised —
of the inflow.
It is useful because it is honest; because it leaves not even the most obscure and friendless
citizen without means
of obtaining justice from a neighbouring State; because it obviates occasions
of quarrels between States on account
of the claims
of their respective
citizens; because it recognizes and strongly rests on this
great moral truth that justice is the same whether due from one man or a million, or from a million to one man; because it teaches and greatly appreciates the value
of our free republican national government, which places all our
citizens on an equal footing, and enables each and every
of them to obtain justice without any danger
of being overborne
by the weight and number
of their opponents; and because it brings into action and enforces this
great and glorious principle — that the people are the sovereign
of this
country, and consequently that fellow
citizens and joint sovereigns can not be degraded
by appearing with each other in their own courts to have their controversies determined.