Sentences with phrase «fellow citizens in this country»

If Christians / conservatives had been of a mind to force their fellow citizens in this Country to «convert or else», then non-believers would long since have been driven into hiding their non-belief.

It's about being on the doorstep, speaking to your family, friends and neighbours, fellow Londoners, fellow citizens in the country, saying the next election matters, this is why I think you should vote for Labour.

Not exact matches

As the country's first francophone prime minister, Wilfrid Laurier worked tirelessly to strengthen and unify the fledgling country and build bridges between its French and English citizens — in spite of the ill will this often brought from his fellow Québécois.

Despite nearly eight years of Conservative rule, I can still recognize my country and my fellow citizens in that collective expression of outraged decency.

We hope that Mr. Trump similarly will come around to a recognition of the need to unite the country after disaster strikes, and that he will make his intentions plain in that regard when he addresses his fellow citizens in Puerto Rico tomorrow.

«Though we already pay # 11 billion a year to subsidise a low - wage economy because employers are not paying people enough to live on, volunteers up and down the country are providing a further # 30 million a year in «free» labour to ensure that our fellow citizens in low paid work, on zero hour contracts, or relying on a broken benefits system have enough to eat.

The Leprechaun camp in this country is STILL fighting to keep gays as second class citizens, yet cry out for help for this fellow who is suffering from the exact same ignorance.

A person who acknowledges their sin, asks God to forgive them in the name of Jesus who died on the cross to forgive our sins, and asks for God's mercy and grace to do His will on this earth, (in all matters, even political) is best going to serve our country and our fellow citizens.

«Mock» is an inflamatory word choice; to openly question those who feel the need to loudly proclaim their religious beliefs at the expense of their fellow citizens» beliefs seems to me to be a thoughtful response to the situation we find our country in.

We have a real terrorist problem in this country and it isn't Muslim terrorists but our fellow citizens.

Some people in our country like to call us the greatest country in the world, but our lack of care for our fellow citizens does not bring us that honor.

Marty's new book is a resource for people of conviction who want to be good citizens in a pluralistic society: «You want to do the right thing by your God, your tradition, your country, the public order, the law and the courts, and your fellow citizens.

A decade after 9 / 11 - even the most intellectually challenged American should have understood that in the part of the world where there is instability and power vacuum - the slightest excuse can be used to rally people for a cause - and the Prophet is a powerful «cause» - that can be misused by political forces... So, any American who irresponsibly puts the lives of his fellow citizens in danger by using such provocation is a traitor to his country.

Mormon volunteers in Ghana, for example, arranged for 1.5 million text messages to be sent to fellow citizens in support of the country's launch of vaccines against pneumonia and rotavirus, two diseases that together claim the lives of more than 2 million children around the world every year.

You can not blast a fellow citizen about the rights of men and women in this country and then simply force your own ideological beliefs on them in the same breath — it's beyond hypocritical.

I don't know about your country, but in mine, that particular word — «socialism» — was transformed long ago into just an ordinary truncheon used by certain cynical, parvenu bureaucrats to bludgeon their liberal - minded fellow citizens from morning until night, labeling them «enemies of socialism» and «antisocialist forces.

Not only has science made great strides in improving the lives of those with physical challenges, but our fellow citizens are also taught to be more kind and tolerant than most people in other countries and other centuries.

Still, Christians have the duty not to be too alienated from their country, and to do what they can to be of service to their fellow citizens by loyally encouraging what's good and could be better in the political place where they live.

But change has got to come too because of the quiet revolution that took place in our country just three months ago — a revolution in which millions of our fellow citizens stood up and said they were not prepared to be ignored anymore.

His unwillingness to accept totalitarian methods that have crushed fellow citizens, his shock and fear at what's happening to a «MexUsCan» and the three - countries - in - one future state presided over by Vera Farmiga add nuance and compassion to a story that, by its nature, is meant to be heavy - handed and extreme.

While the raids had a demoralising effect on many of the population in the township, the Australian spirit shone through with the military personnel doing their best to repel the attackers and in doing so defending their country and their fellow citizens.

This disappearance is not sitting well with millions of our fellow citizens who may fairly be forgiven for wondering what the hell happened to the country they believed they lived in.

Nationally, somewhere between one - quarter and half of Americans volunteer every year.1 This spirit of volunteerism is one of the ways Americans are unique when compared with citizens of other nations.2 Perhaps this is why the idea of service opportunities for young people has been popular in the United States at least since former President John F. Kennedy called on his fellow Americans to «Ask not what your country can do for you — ask what you can do for your country.»

These kids pledge allegiance to the flag every morning, Torkelson said, his voice rising, they light fireworks on the Fourth of July and, in some cases, fight for their country «and all they want is the recognition and the respect of their fellow citizens.»

In essence you are telling your fellow citizens and mine (Canada; 17.3 tons p.c.) to ignore thousands of your fellow scientists who contribute to the IPCC and that we North Americans might as well keep on burning those fossil fuels at a vastly higher rate than any country in the world because the IPCC isn't 100 % certain that such action / inaction is causing global climate changIn essence you are telling your fellow citizens and mine (Canada; 17.3 tons p.c.) to ignore thousands of your fellow scientists who contribute to the IPCC and that we North Americans might as well keep on burning those fossil fuels at a vastly higher rate than any country in the world because the IPCC isn't 100 % certain that such action / inaction is causing global climate changin the world because the IPCC isn't 100 % certain that such action / inaction is causing global climate change!

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.

January 30, 2017 — «New York University is among the growing number of universities looking to their law schools to help protect and guide fellow students, faculty and staff in the wake of Trump's executive order banning citizens from seven Muslim - majority countries from entering the United States.

Two Australian startups, Blueshyft and Bitcoin.com.au, have joined their forces to allow fellow citizens buying bitcoins with cash in 1200 newspaper shops across the country.