Sentences with phrase «getting ordinary citizens»

Political activists of all stripes have difficulty getting ordinary citizens to care about their issues, and if they do care, to act on them.

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Politicians lie to get elected, doctors lie on Medicare reports, universities lie about athletes, advertisers lie to sell products, ordinary citizens lie on income tax returns, and yes, even preachers lie.

He said: «But because most of us will not be allowed into Europe, I think as ordinary citizens, we will have to make some very hard choices, whether we want to use violence to get somebody into power; of which we won't get any of the trickledown effects, destroy our country and become refugees somewhere else.

Indeed, the huge financial incentives attached to political office provide the basis for ordinary citizens to see political power as an opportunity to get out of poverty and amass wealth.

Lots of people have spoken at EU events I've attended have said they want to have a conversation about how we can try and have get a Europe that look like it works a bit better for ordinary citizens — not the rich guys in suits zooming about doing the deals but on things that make a difference to their lives like better rights at work.

He added that «But because most of us will not be allowed into Europe, I think as ordinary citizens, we would have to make some very hard choices, whether we want to use violence to get somebody into power; of which we won't get any of the trickle down effects, destroy our country and become refugees somewhere else.»

Ordinary citizens can't do much about a 150 - mph wind or a 30 - foot wave, other than get out of the way.

Factory workers may soon be able to do heavy lifting without throwing their backs out, and ordinary citizens may get some help with the yard work.

Turning California back into a place where ordinary citizens can afford homes and get quality public education is not going to be easy.

Serial Cleaner takes place in America of the 1970s and you play as a seemingly ordinary citizen, who's really the eponymous «cleaner,» specializing in cleaning crime scenes — getting rid of the bodies, evidence, and blood.

I am not an expert, just an ordinary citizen who has followed energy issues for 40 years; but for what it's worth, I think that nuclear and coal - with - CCS are neither necessary (since we can get all the electricity we need, and more, from renewables) nor effective (since nuclear will take too long to build up to the point where it makes any significant contribution, and working CCS doesn't exist and is unlikely to exist for decades).

I maintain that all the «players» — from the bankers to the politicians to the editors to the ordinary citizens — will continue to not get it as the disarray accelerates and families and communities are blown apart by economic loss.

For Sharpe J.A., if the police tell the witness they will not reveal their identity or involvement in order to get information, they should keep their promise, or face the ordinary consequences of violating the assurance they have given: «Simply put, a citizen in Ms. Stack's situation should be able to rely upon what the police tell her.»

Dan Deuel does a good job explaining how an ordinary citizen can get effectively involved in changing laws that do not serve families well.