Sentences with phrase «from ordinary citizens»

Some of this money comes from ordinary citizens who support them but expect nothing in return.

His campaign is funded primarily by small contributions from ordinary citizens, and runs primarily with the help of local volunteers.

The global level is so remote from ordinary citizens that competition for influence with multinational corporations is unlikely to succeed.

As a result, politicians became more distant from ordinary citizens.

How does their unique relationship to time set them apart from ordinary citizens?

And even without goals for citizen power, 50 percent of all renewable generation came from ordinary citizens.

Game wardens get more cooperation from the ordinary citizen than they used to.

These protest movements also voice a concern that democratic politics has become imbalanced in favour of corporations and the very rich and / or (as with the indignados) that politicians have become a class separate from ordinary citizens: concerns about the loss of genuine popular sovereignty.

«In the end, we would save more money than we would spend by having a public financing system that allows people to run based on contributions from ordinary citizens rather than from special interest looking for something in return from the federal or state budget,» she said.

This is the work of nations, but such goals require pressure from ordinary citizens if there is to be any hope of bringing them about in the face of opposing political and economic interests.

The threat of the BNP will never go away until the debate on immigration can be held at all levels, from ordinary citizen to politicians, without fear of one being branded a «racist» or a «BNP supporter».

There is no debate, no discussion, no «opinion pages» or «comments» from ordinary citizens.

The images capture America's diversity, from ordinary citizens to celebrities, including a postal worker, FBI agent, nurse, doctor, and Snoop Dogg.