Sentences with phrase «majority of citizens in»

I would contend that the majority of citizens in Ontario support heritage conservation programs in their communities.

«If the majority of citizens in Toronto want a spot that is out of sight and out of mind, may I suggest Camera Heights?

I think the majority of citizens in the USA feel the same way right now.

Its artillery are capable of killing the majority of the citizens in the capital of South Korea.

Research carried out in May 2011 for the international think - tank, Policy Network (www.policy-network.net), showed that the majority of citizens in Europe had lost faith both in markets and the state.

Not exact matches

«We recognize and appreciate that the vast majority of gun owners in this country are responsible, law - abiding citizens.

«We support and respect the Second Amendment, and we recognize and appreciate that the vast majority of gun owners in this country are responsible, law - abiding citizens,» Stack wrote.

As the White House engages in a fierce fight to restrict travel into the U.S. by citizens of some Muslim - majority countries, a record number of Americans are voluntarily renouncing their citizenship.

The chain's Indian restaurants will have the distinction of not serving beef, to better fit the needs of customers in a country where the majority of citizens are Hindu or Muslim.

If the majority of people fall further and further behind — while others in society become unbelievably rich — the notion that the most important value in a country is its citizens having the ability to select their leaders will lose sway.

«It shows the Trump administration doesn't hold the same American values for clean air, clean water and healthy land as the vast majority of its citizens,» McCarthy said in a statement.

A clean job, one not tainted with actions that are not in the best interests of the majority of citizens.

Societies with perverse incentives have suffered from waste and corruption, and the vast majority of their citizens have languished in poverty.»

You should also be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident and the age of majority in your state.

You must be a U.S. citizen or permanent resident living in the U.S. and the age of majority in your state, and you must have a personal bank account and email address.

«The utter lack of a credible climate policy plan on the part of the Harper government has gone a long way towards undermining Canada's standing in the world, even as a clear majority of Canadian citizens seek action and leadership on climate change.»

This will be the fourth general election in seven years and let's hope the citizens of Canada show their anger and elect an outright majority so Canada can get on governing itself.

Ashley — I assume you live in America, where the vast majority of citizens claim to be Christians.

In a country in which the vast majority of citizens pray and believe in God, it surely matters, for purposes of legitimation of power and authority, whether or not God and the Bible, the highest authorities and sources of ideals known to those citizens, are invoked to legitimate political authoritIn a country in which the vast majority of citizens pray and believe in God, it surely matters, for purposes of legitimation of power and authority, whether or not God and the Bible, the highest authorities and sources of ideals known to those citizens, are invoked to legitimate political authoritin which the vast majority of citizens pray and believe in God, it surely matters, for purposes of legitimation of power and authority, whether or not God and the Bible, the highest authorities and sources of ideals known to those citizens, are invoked to legitimate political authoritin God, it surely matters, for purposes of legitimation of power and authority, whether or not God and the Bible, the highest authorities and sources of ideals known to those citizens, are invoked to legitimate political authority.

A majority in attendance» both Democrats and Republicans» had voted for Barack Obama (a few grudgingly, as they had supported Clinton) but while everyone expressed disappointment (there was not a single voice raised in support of the president) the senior citizens confided a deep sense of betrayal» of their trust being shattered.

The majority of good citizens need to band together in greaat numbers and clean up there neighborhood.

Actually the MAJORITY DO N'T SUPPORT GAY MARRIAGE that why you had to have the peoples will overturned in court and in every place where gays needed a vote for marriage it was overturned or the heads of gov rammed it down peoples throats and why are sticking up for Tom you aren't US citizen by birth either?

There are but two methods of providing against this evil: the one by creating a will in the community independent of the majority, that is, of the society itself; the other, by comprehending in the society so many separate descriptions of citizens as will render an unjust combination of a majority of the whole very improbable, if not impracticable.»

Obviously, given there is a majority of those who identify as «christian» (of some sort)-- in this country, the «attacks» (other than ongoing obviously more violent types in various Middle East countries with state enforced muslim citizens) are so angry and vicious.

With 300 million firearms in private hands (one - third of them pistols), the overwhelming majority of gun owners ARE responsible, law - abiding citizens, which is why these horrific massacres are not commonplace, but rather horrific outliers that can never be legislated away (e.g. DC, Chicago, and «Gun Free Zones»).

Having in view the question of national security, this contribution to the practice of freedom of conscience can be made only because the great majority of citizens are willing to bear arms in defense of their country.

But if such reshaping of national fertility patterns is to be set in motion by government action, there would obviously have to be direct, far - reaching, and even forcible state interventions into the daily lives of the overwhelming majority of the citizens of these two countries — as well as others with similar «targets.»

Third, elected officials are there to represent the elected, which does not mean if there are not more atheists in the government that it points to discrimination, but to the vast majority of US citizens holding religious beliefs.

Democracy ought not by any superficial synthesis to be identified with Christianity simply because in the democratic West the majority of the citizens profess to be Christians.

It's funny why you judge Muslims through terrorists while you know that the government, majority citizens in «ISLAMIC» countries are also Muslims and they are the real victims of these terrorist acts.

In Centesimus Annus 10, a 1991 letter to all local Catholic Churches, Pope John Paul II wrote «The State can not limit itself to «favoring one portion of the citizens,» namely the rich and prosperous, nor can it «neglect the other,» which clearly represents the majority of society.

Members of these religious bodies today are children of the people who, coming to majority after World War II, finally lost the capacity as citizens to be genuine political actors in America.

The nearest I ever came to engaging in a deliberate act of civil disobedience was about a decade ago when I read The Great Treasury Raid by Philip M. Stern.1 This book tells how the tax laws of this country have been manipulated by wealthy people and huge corporations for their own interests and to the disadvantage of the large majority of less privileged citizens.

Advanced capitalism functions in a society in which a sizeable majority of people are relatively content with their roles as producers, consumers, and citizens.

> Fiat money, with interest paid to banks as the ONLY form of making money (supply) in the US... is not serving the majority of US citizens best interest.

The majority ruled that blacks could not be citizens of the United States, and therefore lacked the concomitant right to bring lawsuits in federal courts.

In 1971 public opinion polls indicated that a great majority of French citizens favored its continuation.

In 1980 his program also gave him national attention as the head of Moral Majority, a national citizens» movement.

Citizens boss Manuel Pellegrini chose to rest the majority of his regulars with Wednesday's first leg of their Champions League last - 16 tie with Dynamo Kiev in mind.

While your statement was valid for the vast majority of U.S. citizens, it does n`t apply in North Dakota.

Another option cited in the report, which Chairman Christopher Smith said a majority of committee members supported, is for the village to wait for citizens to initiate a referendum measure to create a new park district or to annex into an adjacent one.

Fury over being treated like second - class citizens after spending so many years doing just that to the Democrats was in part what spurred the GOP to mount last summer's Senate coup with the help of two turncoats: Now - Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. and ex-Sen.

Likewise, in societies where religious citizens are a majority, they can shape the public sphere of their societies to some extent.

In a discussion about the recent French presidential election at the Personal Democracy Forum unConference this past Saturday, Pascal - Emmanuel Gobry presented an interesting thesis: not only did Ségolène Royal's «net - centric strategy fail to win a majority at the polls, but her campaign's emphasis on citizen participation may have actually backfired entirely by undermining her perception as a leader and by leaving her dependent on a fatally unrepresentative group of voters.

In September 2013, the Convention considered the question of extending the vote in Presidential elections for citizens resident outside the jurisdiction; this was passed by a strong majority, with powerful contributions made by video - link from Irish citizens resident in a range of other countrieIn September 2013, the Convention considered the question of extending the vote in Presidential elections for citizens resident outside the jurisdiction; this was passed by a strong majority, with powerful contributions made by video - link from Irish citizens resident in a range of other countriein Presidential elections for citizens resident outside the jurisdiction; this was passed by a strong majority, with powerful contributions made by video - link from Irish citizens resident in a range of other countriein a range of other countries.

While you are in the payroll of Senate Majority Conference I am a private citizen.

In the most recent data, an estimated 66 % of EU citizens moving to the UK for 12 months or more said that work was their main reason for migration, and a majority of those had a specific job lined up.

Again, so long as Flanagan blocks ethics legislation from coming to the floor he is defying the will of the majority of NY citizens and placing himself in position where he must be considered the most stalwart obstacle to reform and a clear champion of continued corruption!

Extend the sphere, and you take in a greater variety of parties and interests; you make it less probable that a majority of the whole will have a common motive to invade the rights of other citizens; or if such a common motive exists, it will be more difficult for all who feel it to discover their own strength, and to act in unison with each other.

And despite the fact that the vast majority of young people, including those in riot - hit areas, are law abiding citizens, there is no doubt that the unrest we saw in August will shape debates we have from now on on youth provision, youth services and — the issue I'm going to focus on today - youth justice.