Sentences with phrase «essential elements of society»

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Secretary Clinton continued: «Religious freedom is both an essential element of human dignity and of secure, thriving societies.

Fortunately for us, the argument ought not to be about our personal validity, but to the objective claims we make about the truths of scripture and the essential elements that genuine Christian faith has and does contribute to society.

She called religious freedom «a cherished constitutional value, a strategic national interest, and a foreign policy priority,» adding that it was an «essential element of human dignity and of secure, thriving societies, statistically linked with economic development and democratic stability.»

It is true, as Hall points out, that for Whitehead ordering principles are «immanent» within particular occasions (see UP 261 - 70), but in most cases those ordering principles also reflect the «mutual relations» of individuals, as well as the «community in character» pervading groups or societies of individuals (AI 142).13 This is particularly true of persons: the relations between occasions which constitute the human body and brain, and the «community of character» of the succession of personal experiences, give an essential element of unity to human experience.

Indeed, my first book, Virtue and the Promise of Conservatism: The Legacy of Burke and Tocqueville, identifies hierarchy as an essential element of any decent society.

«Reciprocity is a very important element of social life and is essential for the stability of a society.

Our inherited moral traditions are the essential elements of civilized society.

Public debate on matters of importance is an essential element of a free and democratic society and lies at the heart of the Charter guarantee of freedom of expression.