Not only should we feel compelled to vote, we should desire to vote, joyfully accepting the civic task involved
in living in a democracy.
Not exact matches
Until our country makes a distinction between money and governance, power and business, we will have an unjust society that preys upon itself and the world
in the name of freedom,
democracy, and the American way of
life.»
«What they decide will determine whether we still
live in a constitutional
democracy.»
LARRY ELLISON: Well — great things is we
live in a
democracy.
«Now is not the time to get on with our
lives, but to take an appropriate response
in line with the ongoing threat that Russia poses to our
democracy and global security interests,» Maryland Sen. Ben Cardin said
in a statement.
In recent years, the percentage of people who believe it is «essential» to live in a democracy is falling rapidl
In recent years, the percentage of people who believe it is «essential» to
live in a democracy is falling rapidl
in a
democracy is falling rapidly.
We're
living in an age where we will choose between
democracy and global totalitarianism.
The third — that the United Kingdom is
living in a post-factual
democracy — is particularly alarming.
The Organization of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) brings together the governments of countries committed to
democracy and the market economy from around the world to support sustainable economic growth, Boost employment, raise
living standards, maintain financial stability, assist other countries» economic development, and contribute to growth
in world trade.
You are obviously not intelligent or responsible enough to
live and participate
in a
democracy if that is truly what you believe.
However, by refusing to submit to «the
democracy of the dead,» (Chesterton's words, not Compton's), nineteenth - century Evangelicals did,
in ways Compton suggests but does not fully clarify, take a first crucial step toward the idea of a «
living Constitution.»
For legal purposes, the Bible is not at all irrelevant, precisely because it is very relevant to a large number of citizens, and we do
in fact
live in something that somewhat resembles a
democracy.
Conservatives were still likely to read quite a few jeremiads, and social - conservatives
in particular remained gloomy about a number of topics, but the world - wide spread of
democracy and the undeniably higher standards of
living attained
in the U.S. and its more capitalism - friendly allies made optimism seem the rational stance.
The biblical word says the government shall rest on his shoulders, which means that the love, respect and kindness the bible breathes i
life should always serve as inspiration for our laws, Which indeed it does
in every major
democracy.
The situation is very bad because politically
in Eritrea there is a dictator and they
live without any type of freedom or
democracy.
The fact is that when we
live in a
democracy all of us have to go against our beliefs sometimes.
Me to... but...
in the grand scheme of things, invading two Islamic countries
in a mater of 18 months, completely destroying their way of
life and system of government (s), and imposing, or attempting to impose
democracy on them, and
in the process, being directly and indirectly responsible for the complete breakdown of their fragile societies and the deaths of hundreds of thousands...
Because we
live in a
democracy, we bear the burden of persuading our fellows of the worth of our claims upon them.
Catholicism and the Renewal of American
Democracy by george weigel paulist press, 218 pages, $ 11.95 Forty years ago, Evelyn Waugh wrote a piece for
Life magazine entitled «The American Epoch
in the Catholic Church.»
Forty - five leading pro-
life advocates, including Gary Bauer of the Family Research Council, James Dobson of Focus on the Family, Clarke Forsythe of Americans United for
Life, Wanda Franz of the National Right to
Life Committee, and Ralph Reed of the Christian Coalition, signed a much heralded joint «Statement of Pro-
Life Principle and Concern» published
in First Things
in 1996
in which the primary legal complaint was made that Roe «wounded American
democracy» by removing the issue of abortion from «democratic concern.»
That we should be considered lucky that we
live in a government that has a systems of checks and balances between having a
democracy while also have means of staving off certain democratic factions against certain minorities.
First of all we need to understand that the country we
live in is not a
democracy, but a democratic republic, There is a huge difference.
Whatever doubts may exist about the sources of this
democracy, there can be none about the chief source of the morality that gives it
life and substance... [From the Hebrew tradition, via the Puritans, come] the contract and all its corollaries; the higher law as something more than a «brooding omnipresence
in the sky»; the concept of the competent and responsible individual; certain key ingredients of economic individualism; the insistence on a citizenry educated to understand its rights and duties; and the middle - class virtues, that high plateau of moral stability on which, so Americans believe, successful
democracy must always build [Seedtime of the Republic (Harcourt, Brace, 1953, p. 55)-RSB-.
Democracy is a way of
life in which everybody counts, and not only a privileged few.
When done well which it is most of the time — it links religious and political commitments
in a way that enhances
democracy, social justice and American religious
life.
The «communal tensions» between the groups were «of major importance
in the
life of the nation,» Herberg added, suggesting that they began non-divisive discussions about the limits of American
democracy and allowed all 96 percent of Americans who identified as Protestant, Catholic, or Jew to have some social, political, and cultural recognition
in America.
At many points the influence of John Dewey and other pragmatists will be evident, particularly their belief
in democracy as a comprehensive way of
life, their confidence
in the wide relevance of the scientific spirit and methods, and their commitment to education as a moral enterprise.
But he was more interested
in the fact that each religion was presumed to possess the same «spiritual values» of «the American Way of
Life,» by which he meant a soft - hearted faith
in democracy (political, economic, and religious) combined with a more robust faith
in idealism, activism, and moral conviction.
A
democracy that believes
in religious freedom should be willing to
live with tension between the two; so should a religion that believes
in democracy.
The «civil society» as a form of participatory
democracy is a framework
in which the
life, the people and their communities directly participate and multilaterally and multi-dimensionally form solidarity linkages to make creative interventions
in the global market process.
Any weakening of the family will accordingly be reflected
in the decline of
democracy generally, and a widespread belief
in the importance and the stability of families will help to sustain democratic ideals
in other spheres of
life.
In this new democracy of sexual desire the invention of efficient and inexpensive contraceptive devices and of improved drugs for the cure of venereal diseases is regarded as a signal advance toward the goal of the good life, for now it is possible to engage freely and widely in sexual intercourse with little fear of unwanted consequences, in the form of either offspring or infectio
In this new
democracy of sexual desire the invention of efficient and inexpensive contraceptive devices and of improved drugs for the cure of venereal diseases is regarded as a signal advance toward the goal of the good
life, for now it is possible to engage freely and widely
in sexual intercourse with little fear of unwanted consequences, in the form of either offspring or infectio
in sexual intercourse with little fear of unwanted consequences,
in the form of either offspring or infectio
in the form of either offspring or infection.
Bro you don't have a clue, that'd be impossible to implement if you wish to
live in a
democracy.
Robert Bellah «s study of the roots of American
democracy led him to conclude that during the nation «s early
life «the real school of republican virtue
in America... was the church.»
It is represented
in our day by liberal arts colleges, the Masons, Rotary,
life insurance, Religion in American Life, the Anti-Defamation League, the League of Women Voters, Reader's Digest, the Jaycees, the Pro-Choice Movement, Robert Schuller, the WCTU, Common Cause, savings banks, the Moral Majority, William Buckley, the Institute for Religion and Democracy - and many preachers of the mainline denominati
life insurance, Religion
in American
Life, the Anti-Defamation League, the League of Women Voters, Reader's Digest, the Jaycees, the Pro-Choice Movement, Robert Schuller, the WCTU, Common Cause, savings banks, the Moral Majority, William Buckley, the Institute for Religion and Democracy - and many preachers of the mainline denominati
Life, the Anti-Defamation League, the League of Women Voters, Reader's Digest, the Jaycees, the Pro-Choice Movement, Robert Schuller, the WCTU, Common Cause, savings banks, the Moral Majority, William Buckley, the Institute for Religion and
Democracy - and many preachers of the mainline denominations.
This placing of their very
lives in the hands of a strategic elite was like the trust that always had to be granted by
democracies to their military leaders, such as
in ancient Athens or pre-1950s America; it was unlike it
in the sheer immediacy of the new sort of death - threat and the practical impossibility of evading it.
This chapter deals with religion as a particular facet of education
in a
democracy, but more significant is the fact that all of the preceding chapters set forth a religious point of view by demonstrating what the
life of ultimate devotion means
in a wide range of human concerns.
We
live in a
democracy and it's important to take every opportunity to stand up for what you believe
in.
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.
In a democracy of worth there is no majority rule, in the sense that the majority completely determine how life will be lived in the societ
In a
democracy of worth there is no majority rule,
in the sense that the majority completely determine how life will be lived in the societ
in the sense that the majority completely determine how
life will be
lived in the societ
in the society.
He should know the laws of his country and pay the price if he chooses to
live like he is
in a
Democracy.
For all the lectures on human rights and
democracy coming out of Manila, the brutal fact of Philippine
life is that millions of its people are forced to leave their families to do dirty work elsewhere because they have no way to feed their families — this
in a strategically located land with an educated, English - speaking workforce and bursting with natural resources.
Iran is NOT a
democracy its a «Religious» country, and those who choose to
live in Iran must Live by their Laws, America does nt have the MONEY to be policing the World over each countries Policies, especially when OUR country is in such critical state to be on Life Supp
live in Iran must
Live by their Laws, America does nt have the MONEY to be policing the World over each countries Policies, especially when OUR country is in such critical state to be on Life Supp
Live by their Laws, America does nt have the MONEY to be policing the World over each countries Policies, especially when OUR country is
in such critical state to be on
Life Support.
While we all should and do tolerate and accept each others right to worship, the majority should rule, just as
in voting, as
in democracy and
in life.
What binds those different cultures and ethnicities together
in America is a longing to
live free
in a
democracy.
And
in exploring the wide implications of it all, he noted «the risk of an alliance between
democracy and ethical relativism, which would remove any sure moral reference point from political and social
life, and on a deeper level make the acknowledgement of truth impossible» (VS 101) and warned us, as he had done
in an earlier encyclical, that «As history demonstrates, a
democracy without values easily turns into open or thinly disguised totalitarianism».
The dynamic of fascism, communism, and
democracy is
in each case related to a faith
in which each individual can see his
life linked with a significant future.
He guided South Africa through the stormy waters of our first few years of
democracy and when he left office he continued
in public
life, calling the nation to moments and campaigns of charity and conscience.
And it's very unhealthy for
democracy when the courts — without clear constitutional warrant — deprive citizens of the opportunity to have a say
in setting the conditions under which we
live, work, and raise our children.
These rights are the most treasured benefits of
living in a free and democratic nation, and they are more than a help; they are foundational principles that promote and protect a healthy
democracy.