Sentences with phrase «more democratic tradition»

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17 Sept To Representatives of British Society in Westminster Hall: Allow me also to express my esteem for [your] Parliament... your common law tradition [etc., etc.]... Yet... if the moral principles underpinning the democratic process are themselves determined by nothing more solid than social consensus, then the fragility of the process becomes all too evident... [e.g. the credit crunch lacked] solid ethical foundations... [whereas the British - inspired] abolition of the slave trade [did not].

As they develop economically, non-Western societies are more likely to see virtues in political democracy than in Western Christianity and they will become more likely to reinterpret their religious and cultural traditions so as to make them compatible with the democratic political practices.

Uncle Petie I hope LibDems (especially those with an instinct for either social democratic or LibDem traditions) would not take the view that «more egalitarian reformed (liberal) market outcomes» will make redistribution unnecessary.

«The Democratic Party heals much more quickly than the Republican Party because we experience a lot more in terms of primaries and our party has a history and a tradition of disagreeing.

Reeves and Collins are happy to let the House of Lords «wither on the vine», express an anti-pluralist instinct for unicameralism rather more common in the collectivist tradition than the democratic republican one.

The Democratic National Convention Committee and the Obama campaign announced on Monday that they would break with tradition and move the final day of convention activities, including the acceptance speech, from the Pepsi Center in Denver to Invesco Field, home of the Denver Broncos, which can hold more than 75,000.

The tradition of voting on Tuesdays dates back to the 19th century, and some politicians, including former Democratic congressman Steve Israel, have pushed for the day to be changed to accommodate a more modern society, according to a 2012 NPR story.

In giving to the GOP group, many of the big businesses said they were simply following a time - honored corporate tradition of donating to both parties — though most of these companies donated more to the Republican group than its Democratic counterpart.

There are long traditions in Canadian political life, and not all of them are consistent with the placid, social democratic vision that was shattered along with windows and police vehicles this afternoon... [more]