Sentences with phrase «in a democracy if»

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

Given that Leave voters are already less distrustful of MPs, it would be catastrophic for trust in democracy if MPs ignored the referendum outcome.

I would call this anomaly or direct trap in the democracy if exists, I want a verification or falsification.

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

But that's exactly what could happen in our democracy if the country chooses the Alternative Vote system in the referendum on May 5th.

Far too many children — disproportionate numbers of low - income students and students of color among them, but many white students as well — have such low reading and mathematics skills that they will be forever locked out of decent jobs and full participation in our democracy if we don't do something different, and do it fast.

Not exact matches

If, say, you have children and you want regulation to protect them from the rising sea levels predicted to submerge billions of homes, wars over resources, and so on, you have to realize that however much we call politicians leaders, in democracies they follow the people.

Later in the afternoon, speaking at a Miami event sponsored by the U.S. - Cuba Democracy PAC, Romney said that if he becomes president, «it is my expectation that Fidel Castro will finally be taken off this planet.»

PASOK is concerned — and rightly so — that a thin coalition with New Democracy would be easily ousted if the situation deteriorated in Greece.

If the conservative, pro-bailout New Democracy party is able to hold out in front as more results roll in, it will get a 50 seat bonus.

Georgiadis told CNBC that if New Democracy was back in power the party would not make the country so reliant on the state.

«If Mr. Trump is unable to reverse the trend towards increasing social polarization, U.S. democracy will be at greater risk of further deterioration,» the EIU said in its report, referring to the extreme divides between Republicans and Democrats on issues such as immigration and environmental regulation.

«But there is a true threat to our democracy if we allow confidence in our voting systems to be diminished.»

We're here at Business Insider Greek Election HQ to watch the information come in, and to learn if the pro-bailout New Democracy party, and its leader Antonis Samaras, can hold off the upstart leftist Alexis Tsipras, and get enough votes to form a government.

«If the Western democracies had a realistic conception of their long - term interest, they would add high tariffs to Chinese goods until China began behaving like a normal commercial nation,» Kuttner wrote in 2009.

«We should be ready, if we don't have 100 percent participation and if Europe doesn't want to give us more money,» Christos Staikouras, a member of the Greek Parliament from the center - right New Democracy opposition party and its economic spokesman, said in an interview.

Warren said in an April speech that «if the big banks keep calling the shots, they will own both our economy and our democracy.»

If democracy is to survive in this brave new world, mass movements of people will need to organize together to restrain these corporate behemoths and protect our digital commons.

But even if all you care about is an overall growing economy, stagnating middle incomes can be a problem in a democracy.

In Search of a Social Contract: Can We Make Hard Decisions as if Democracy Matters?

Other Uses of Funds In view of the near impossibility of replicating the debt cancellations of prior millennia in the modern context, we have re-interpreted the prior objective of seeking to sustain a property - owning democracy in terms of equity participation by the State to enable any (young) person to afford the down - payment for a home, to finance a start - up business, and to benefit (if academically gifted) from tertiary educatioIn view of the near impossibility of replicating the debt cancellations of prior millennia in the modern context, we have re-interpreted the prior objective of seeking to sustain a property - owning democracy in terms of equity participation by the State to enable any (young) person to afford the down - payment for a home, to finance a start - up business, and to benefit (if academically gifted) from tertiary educatioin the modern context, we have re-interpreted the prior objective of seeking to sustain a property - owning democracy in terms of equity participation by the State to enable any (young) person to afford the down - payment for a home, to finance a start - up business, and to benefit (if academically gifted) from tertiary educatioin terms of equity participation by the State to enable any (young) person to afford the down - payment for a home, to finance a start - up business, and to benefit (if academically gifted) from tertiary education.

We have a tremendous challenge in front of us if we care for our democracy.

If you're looking for equity financing, you can apply through the platform's equity crowdfunding arm, called First Democracy VC, which Indiegogo launched in partnership with MicroVentures.

They also argue that the amnesty the South African government granted to perpetrators of human rights under apartheid in exchange for their testimony before the Truth Commission compromised justice and could be defended only if it were necessary for a transition to democracy, not by any idea of reconciliation.

In short, peace requires, if not the robust democracy of Neocon dreams, at least a substantial degree of modernity.

If through consumer boycotts and other mechanisms publishers and booksellers begin to feel the pinch, it is the pinch of democracy in action.

If they can overcome their ideological secularism, elites in Turkey might welcome the prospect of their country becoming a demonstration that Islam and democracy are not incompatible.

If one doesn't believe it, however, he is in conflict not merely with the argument of To Empower People but with the assumption of self - governance upon which the American experiment in republican democracy is constituted.

All of these will kill modern democracy (in their society) if they get to rule it for long, and all of them are endemic to it.

Indeed, if the prudential judgment in favor of democracy becomes an ideological democratism, animated by a belief in the infallibility of the popular will, the possibilities of abuse multiply accordingly.

``... If we continue to deny it for long, we will do so only by putting our political democracy in peril.

And that is that they saw that MAI was going to kill democracy if it was passed, and so each one got mobilised in his or her home country.

If pastors want to go both upstream and downstream at once (root causes and future social impacts), they can begin building a social movement to lift up the positive tension that SHOULD EXIST between free enterprise and democracy, specifically in light of its threat in the near future.

The only way democracy and religion can coexist tolerably well, such as they do for us in America, is if we don't really follow the tenets of religion strictly, most of the time.

I'm against allowing any sort of moral law decided by some, even if it is a majority in a democracy, to be forced on the rest with no other support than «thats what God wants».

It's their way or the highway and to compromise is to show a lack of faith which means you have one side willing to make exceptions for all peoples religions as long as they don't force it on others, and the religious side that says making exceptions or compromising is against their religion so if they are not a majority in the democracy they instead decide to play obstructionist.

This is one of the cardinal principles of God's democracy: people are not made by God without their participation in being made and in determining the final outcome, even if that means choosing to sin.

And if we could reach down to the root of the mayor's error, we would have some understanding of how religion actually works in a constitutional democracy.

If democracy is to have any relevance and influence in such a time, the people of the United States and other democratic nations must demonstrate their understanding and practice of democratic ideals in the field of race relations.

It takes far more brotherly spirit to run a League of Nations than to run a village; it takes far more personal unselfishness and reliability to make industrial democracy a success than it does to conduct the present order; and if the extensive Christian plans now afoot are to achieve their aims, the Christian faith in God must grow accordingly.

I don't know if America represents a «universal mankind under God,» the ancient yearning of empire, best illustrated in contemporary terms by the call to «take democracy to the Middle East.»

Bro you don't have a clue, that'd be impossible to implement if you wish to live in a democracy.

One could go on enumerating undemocratic elements in our society — the vast disparity in incomes and living conditions, the myth of equal opportunity for education and employment, the regimentation and militarization of the public mind, the threat to democracy which would ensue if a system of compulsory peacetime military training should be adopted.

Here's what Plato wrote about democracy almost 2350 years ago: ``... do you notice how tender they make the citizen's soul, so that if someone proposes anything that smacks in any way of slavery, they are irritated and can't stand it?

He should know the laws of his country and pay the price if he chooses to live like he is in a Democracy.

In a noteworthy address at the Gregorian Pontifical University in Rome, however, he recently declared that by the same token, «if the people want abortion, the state should permit abortion in a democracy.&raquIn a noteworthy address at the Gregorian Pontifical University in Rome, however, he recently declared that by the same token, «if the people want abortion, the state should permit abortion in a democracy.&raquin Rome, however, he recently declared that by the same token, «if the people want abortion, the state should permit abortion in a democracy.&raquin a democracy.»

But if basic democracy means the attempt to order the common life in such a way that these conditions are met — and I believe that basic democracy can be so defined — then the positive relationship between the Christian ethic and political and social democracy is here affirmed.

In this, too, lies justification of the claim that in ancient Israel there existed a genuine, if amorphous, political democracIn this, too, lies justification of the claim that in ancient Israel there existed a genuine, if amorphous, political democracin ancient Israel there existed a genuine, if amorphous, political democracy.

If we wake from our slumber and build a movement capable of challenging the U.S. war against the poor, or if our historical situation changes significantly, then we will see if our democracy is in fact deeply rooteIf we wake from our slumber and build a movement capable of challenging the U.S. war against the poor, or if our historical situation changes significantly, then we will see if our democracy is in fact deeply rooteif our historical situation changes significantly, then we will see if our democracy is in fact deeply rooteif our democracy is in fact deeply rooted.

Muslims need to teach kids in schools love humanity and respect others, not if you are non muslim you are devil, you don't have to repeat it on tv or radio channels which religion is peacful, people are not dum they know all religions are for peace, but where is the peace in practically, showing hatred or having thoughts of islamization the world, stop evil thinking of conversion of anyone to islam that is not peaceful religion or thoughts.help the poor and needy, give equal respect to male and female respect democracy and more important develop tolerence.intolerence is the basic evil of human race.