Sentences with phrase «for democratic ideals»

The supporters wrote that as a result of Knapp's «staunch defense of voter rights and advocacy for Democratic ideals, she has been targeted time and again by the powerful Republican machine here in Dutchess County.»

Nevertheless, the classical humanistic tradition, with its emphasis on the common distinctive qualities of man, provides stronger support for the democratic ideal of human equality than does evolutionary naturalism, with its concern for the continuity of man with the lower forms of life.

In our conception of that dream, in the strength of our conviction of the new world it can create, and in our willingness to make all sacrifices willingly and without reservation for the democratic ideal lie not only our hope of total victory but our only hope of personal satisfaction and happiness during this era....

Not exact matches

Amid a perfect storm of investor - owned units, powerful condo boards and tenants who have limited powers to fight back, a democratic living ideal is rapidly turning into a dictatorial nightmare for condo - dwellers.

Low - intensity - conflict strategy is part of a U.S. global war against the poor designed to manage social change in ways that protect perceived U.S. interests while maintaining, at least for its own people, the image of democratic ideals.

This seems to me to be the whole point behind Dewey's ideal of a democratic community and is perhaps what Rorty had in mind when he called for free discussion.

For this reason it is important for a democracy to have a strong public school system, and parents who cherish democratic ideals do well to send their children to schools, either public or independent, in which traditional class distinctions are minimizFor this reason it is important for a democracy to have a strong public school system, and parents who cherish democratic ideals do well to send their children to schools, either public or independent, in which traditional class distinctions are minimizfor a democracy to have a strong public school system, and parents who cherish democratic ideals do well to send their children to schools, either public or independent, in which traditional class distinctions are minimized.

Yet within a framework of disparate biological inheritance fixed by nature and of disparate social inheritance which is the result of both biological and human forces, the democratic ideal requires that every person be given an opportunity to experience the «abundant life» and do the work for which he is best fitted.

The first conforms to the democratic ideal of respect for personality only in small, highly moralized groups.

Included are varied specifics such as: economic theory; psychiatry; systems analysis; the growth of bureaucracies; the science of management; the development of the democratic ideal; striving for universal education; personalism (fulfilling the earlier promise of the Enlightenment); the rise and fall of colonialism; and modem liberation movements.

For Dewey, of course, democracy was a «way of life» not merely a way of public life — an ideal that «must affect all modes of human association» — and he would not have accepted Rorty's contention that «there is no way to bring self - creation together with justice at the level of theory» for that would have required him to give up a principal article of democratic faiFor Dewey, of course, democracy was a «way of life» not merely a way of public life — an ideal that «must affect all modes of human association» — and he would not have accepted Rorty's contention that «there is no way to bring self - creation together with justice at the level of theory» for that would have required him to give up a principal article of democratic faifor that would have required him to give up a principal article of democratic faith.

Let us assume that the strangely contagious modern obsession with democratic ideals is nothing else than the feeling and liking Man has acquired for a process which, by the collective organization of the zoological group to which he belongs, is carrying him towards certain new states of super-personalization — or, which comes to the same thing, super-reflection.

A challenge for that movement would be to combine its cosmopolitan and democratic ideals with some organizational structures and more links with political actors.

His brilliance, vision and Democratic ideals enhanced our conference and made a difference for all New Yorkers.

In addition, one of the state's best - known Democratic activists and party leaders told The Post Cuomo's «ideal scenario» for a 2020 run was having Sanders as the Democratic nominee, only to lose in November, or to have a flawed Hillary Clinton lose in the general election as well.

Former President Jerry John Rawlings has reiterated the need for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), to embrace the core values and ideals through which the party was formed.

She continued «Our candidate has demonstrated his commitment and passion for this country, for our development and for the ideals for which the National Democratic Congress was formed.

State Democratic Party Executive Director Charlie King, who was hand - picked for his post by then - gubernatorial frontrunner Andrew Cuomo, releasing a stinging statement rebuking the 42 Democrats who put their names to a letter that suggests the governor is no longer holding true to progressive ideals.

The NYT endorsed Democratic primary winner Ken Thompson for Brooklyn DA, although he is «not an ideal successor» to incumbent Charles Hynes.

General News of Monday, 14 May 2018 Source: peacefmonline.com Former President Jerry John Rawlings Former President Jerry John Rawlings has reiterated the need for the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC), to embrace the core values and ideals through which the party was formed.

The young cadres made a clarion call on the leadership of the National Democratic Congress (NDC), to revisit the ideals of the party as part of efforts to rebuild it for victory in 2020.

Higgins, who has a long standing relationship with the Labour Party, and who clearly identifies with and advocates the ideals of democratic socialism consistent with the party's politics and constitution, has been suspended for expressing critical views through poetry.

The challenge for Killian, as many Moderates, Independents and Republicans see the political landscape in Westchester now, is: Can she overcome a Democratic «blue wave» of enthusiasm and support for progressive ideals and candidate?

After the Blue Wave of Democratic - progressive victories across Westchester last November, Mayer decided to run for State Senate because she said she believed she could represent this group of energized voters based on her years of advocating the same progressive ideals.

The current state Assemblyman didn't seek the Democratic endorsement, but he has been heavily criticized by the county committee — cast as an opportunist, whose votes on women's equality and abortion rights, for instance, don't correspond with the party's ideals.

They may also be deciding the future of the outsize responsibility Mr. Schneiderman seemed to envision for the position — a responsibility he treated as not merely enforcing the state's laws, but defying President Trump and safeguarding democratic ideals.

Running against another Democratic party member, Pullman, for the presidential nomination, the team are pushing an ideal of perfection — Paul, as the old - hand, doing what needs to be done to win, and Steven wishing only to do what he believes in.

«Our educational thinkers in the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries saw the schools as the central and main hope for the preservation of democratic ideals and the endurance of the nation as a republic,» writes Hirsch.

«Providing high - quality education for every child is a moral imperative if we truly want to live up to the ideals of a public education system and a democratic society,» she says of her commitment to urban education.

Because it is deeply implicated in American democratic and meritocratic ideals, it is permanently controversial (consider, for instance, the persistent, rumbling fights over implementation of the Common Core State Standards).

Since public schools are regulated and funded through democratic politics, they seem to be the ideal locale for education aimed at democratic citizenship.

Preservice programs should help teachers develop the disposition to look persistently for ways to teach in accord with the democratic ideal, and to seek ways to minimize distractions from this important task.

In more practical terms, this means that we should expect our teachers to be committed to the democratic ideal as an organizing principle for our society and for instruction in their classrooms.

[20] The optics of this spectacle, particularly for a nationally - fractured Democratic party, were hardly ideal.

Durant grew up in the Boston area, and exposure to an educational culture emphasizing democratic ideals, racial equality, and social justice created the framework for his artistic perspective.

Proceeds support the Anti-Defamation League, the nation's premier civil rights / human relations agency, fighting anti-Semitism and all forms of bigotry, defends democratic ideals and protects civil rights for all.

Influenced by the utopian ideals of the progressive education movement, it placed the arts at the center of liberal arts education and believed that in doing so it could better educate citizens for participation in a democratic society.

We should aim to have a reform that speaks to our democratic ideals at least as much as our economic ones: we should wish for an immigration policy that is «good for Canada», that is, good for Canadian democracy.

In this sense, social media's ability to transmit vast quantities of information, which can be augmented by links and images as discussed in Part II, directly aligns with the democratic ideal of opening up the courtroom for the world to see its contents and to judge its outcome.

For over a decade, the Illinois Supreme Court Commission on Professionalism has worked to promote a culture of professionalism, civility and inclusion, in which Illinois lawyers and judges embody the ideals of the legal profession in service to the administration of justice in our democratic society.