Sentences with phrase «important than citizens»

poorly written response, look at the context of the sentences above: proper removal of lead - based paints is more important than citizens being murdered on the streets?

Not exact matches

I said that the government (comprised of many people) at the urging of a significant portion of the population (comprised of even more people) made the decision that the care of indicidual citizens is more important than absolute corporate freedom.

As I noted here last week, a sense of nationhood depends upon a basic shared metanarrative that binds citizens together at a level deeper than their differences, however important the latter may be.

There are two very important differences between other first world nations and the US # 1 — The others offer health care to all their citizens # 2 — The others are geographically much denser than the US, so more people live reasonably close to skilled health care.

«They're lending support to the residents in the city to get the important issues out,» he said, adding that Citizens has heard from more than 100 residents in favor of lake water.

Altrusa's Durham Club members have assisted Welcome Baby in numerous ways: preparing the more than 5,000 quarterly newsletters that are mailed to Welcome Baby's clients, partner agencies and interested citizens; hanging clothes in the Giving Closet Sorting Room; and making financial donations to Crib for Kids so that parents in need get important furnishings at a reduced rate.

It is also important to note that the Minister and his delegation were to have discussion in China with Set Top Box Manufacturers, who are meant to establish manufacturing factories in Nigeria for these boxes for our digital broadcasting processes, rather than the current situation in which the boxes are being imported.This is meant to conserve our foreign exchange and to also create avenue for job creation for our citizens.

In the era of the Arab Revolutions, and with citizens asserting their rights and holding their governments accountable from Brazil to Turkey to Cambodia, the people power of cultural diplomacy is more important than ever.

Citizens Budget Commission In a statement on the day the budget was adopted, CBC President Carol Kellermann said «achieving a fiscally sound budget is more important than an «on time» budget,» referring to the emergency budget extender passed when negotiating parties couldn't reach a deal on time.

So our elections divide us from each other as citizens rather than encourage us to discuss important political issues.»

In this realization, advancing global citizen's movement to shepherd the transition to a sustainable, equitable, and democratic future, one in which ethics is both a right and a responsibility — at the level of the individual, the community and the planet has become more important than ever.

«Now, more than ever, it is important for us to be proactive about the development of morally aware and civically responsible citizens,» said Visiting Professor Helen Haste, conference co-chair.

Perhaps even more important than the impact of social networking on the classroom, however is the impact that the classroom can have on social networking, by teaching students how to be responsible «digital citizens» online.

If we can not be sure what fundamental right is «better» and more important, than we or any other institution can not hold scales and weigh any of our rights that we hold as the citizens and as the human beings.

The fact that parental perceptions track actual school quality more closely than those of other citizens, but the perceptions of homeowners do not, suggests that direct interactions with a school may be a more important factor than simply having a vested interest in acquiring information about local school quality.

«We need to understand that we as citizens throughout this country have no more important obligation than to educate those who are going to replace us,» said General Colin L. Powell.

As a new citizen, Winchester also notes something that is far more controversial than it used to be: the important role of big government in forging e pluribus into unum.

In an age of information overload, it is more important than ever that citizens be educated and trained to think critically and be actively engaged with issues affecting public life.

When something of immense importance is at stake — and what could be more important than the survival of the most vulnerable of the Earth's citizens in the face of famine, flood and epidemic — we owe an absolute allegiance to the truth, and must put aside any ideological or financial discomfort that the truth may cause.

They appear to capture the reality that near - term health impacts seem to typically be considered more important to citizens than longer - term impacts of any sort, consistent with the vastly greater sums spent on medical care and research than on long - term environmental protection, and within the realm of air quality consistent with an emphasis on SO2 and NOx reductions.

Practically speaking though, a law that protects citizens against malware is even more important than an anti-e-mail spam law says Jon Festinger, a Vancouver media lawyer and law professor at the University of British Columbia Faculty of Law.

Putting one's fate in the hands of fellow citizens, rather than in the hands of the government, provides us with an important protection against government overreach or the politicization of criminal prosecutions.

Is there any reason why their rights are less important than a British citizen?

The arrest or restrain part is more important than the investigate part, although LEOs arrest power is distinguished from a citizen's arrest primarily because it can be made on the basis of an investigation rather than only on the basis of personal knowledge that the person committed the crime since it was observed.

So witnesses, defendants and even victims may all be bound - over, with the important caveat that they must have been adjudged to have engaged in conduct that was criminal or immoral or, as the Divisional Court eloquently puts it, engaged in «wrong [conduct] rather than right in the judgment of the majority of contemporary citizens» (see Hughes v Holley (1987) 86 Cr App R 130, [1987] Crim LR 253).

As a precautionary measure, senior citizens are advised to carry not more than two credit cards and only the identification cards that are the most important.

This is extraordinarily important because anyone can be a victim of vandalism or theft, and the number of cases that actually get solved and the culprits caught are less than what the average citizen would predict.

In fact, there is nothing more important than making sure that we have good quality health care for all of our citizens, no matter where they live.