Sentences with phrase «in a democracy»

«It's great that we live in a democracy where anyone can run for office,» the statement reads.

It got me [angry]; I wasn't doing it because I care about the trees, but I do feel very strongly believe in a democracy of honest information.

«Generally, we want as many people to participate in their democracy as possible,» he said.

Will it raise the level of participation in democracy?

The goal is to prepare students with the skills they need to be engaged citizens in a democracy.

We have some catching up to do when it comes to preparing the next generation of voters to take an active role in their democracy.

We are particularly concerned about the fact we live in a democracy where the level of information of our fellow citizens has impact on the choices they make and the actions they take.

There are ten factors which may be regarded as appropriate in a program of general health education in a democracy of worth.

Every politician can be punished by the people in a democracy if he do not keep his promises.

That's simply not what happens in our democracy.

Except for our experiment in democracy, each of our plans lasted for at least two to five years.

I can only hope it is call on all of us to accept the disastrous state we have got into by trusting in democracy.

They lack any understanding of the crucial role of public schools in a democracy.

As somebody who became a primary teacher because of a passionate belief in democracy, this was when my panic kicked in.

Our figures revealed that singles who express an interest in democracy on their profiles receive more messages from matches than those who don't.

«This has no place in our democracy».

That's what citizens do in a democracy — we propose, we give reasons, we vote.

It raises significant issues about the nature of power in democracy, the role and status of science, and the power of corporate lobbying.

We have the luxury of having a voice in our democracy, and that is something we should take seriously.

We don't allow voters in a democracy to sell their votes, for example.

You are obviously not intelligent or responsible enough to live and participate in a democracy if that is truly what you believe.

The law is just too fundamentally important in a democracy like ours to make it subject to a license agreement from a private party because that's what we're saying here.

In a democracy like ours, even the suggestion that you could «buy» access to elected officials in this way should set the alarm bells ringing.

Yes, money talks to power, but in a democracy such as ours, votes have the final say.

I also stated that surely in our democracy there should be nothing wrong with belonging to an organization that was dedicated to improving our family law justice system.

Does this mean for full citizenship in a democracy a person must be civil?

The scores used in the democracy index are broad indicators, not exact measurements.

Is that a problem for access to law in a democracy?

It is also an experiential lesson in democracy and social responsibility.

Even in a democracy, it is a dubious interpretation which says that the individual must always conform to the opinion of the majority.

However, we still have a relatively limited understanding of what does and doesn't work in democracy promotion.

What kind of moral character must a leader in a democracy possess?

At least in a democracy, the people can eventually correct the government.

Yet our understanding of what works in democracy promotion, and how we can do it better, has remained relatively limited.

These enrichment opportunities engage students in learning and help prepare them to succeed in college, in work and as participants in our democracy.

The doors are open and the public has an appetite to learn, perhaps even be converted to understanding one of the most important institutions in their democracy... the criminal justice system!

Making difficult decisions about justice and fairness in a democracy requires the ability to balance conflicting rights and freedoms.

The third principle for the mass media in a democracy of worth is that of social support for excellence.

By making many of our Core Knowledge curriculum materials freely available, we work to put into practice the principle that every child in a democracy should have access to shared, enabling knowledge.

The majority in a democracy is supposed to represent ALL people not only those who got them elected.

But understanding these agreements can help to understand why people hold different views about the role of public opinion in a democracy.

To me, it's a fundamental basic need in a democracy — if we are a nation of laws, people should be able to freely read and access those laws.

Our president is commander in chief, and corporations depend heavily on command; but that is not the whole of leadership in a democracy.

One of the key functions of elections in a democracy is to give the people an opportunity to elect their representatives.

Fortunately we live in a democracy which is, for all of its failings, still a functional democracy.

He had told journalists that dissent should be expected in a democracy.