Sentences with phrase «national purpose»

He did it before with his claim that the achievement of vast national purposes is not dependent upon resort to force.

The Trust was created to save the Presidio and transform it for a new national purpose.

First, the religious point of view which provides so - called humanitarian goals for the statesman as a direct and immediate substitute for selfish national purposes «misconceives the nature of international relations.»

A committed patriot, Mr Brown wants the British to have more pride in their country and sees shared national purpose as one of the tools at his disposal against terrorism.

«The lesson of the Olympics is that if we approach major long - term infrastructure projects by building a cross-party sense of national purpose then we can deliver,» stated the shadow chancellor, which raised intriguing questions about just who Balls can imagine himself working with - Nick Clegg?

This higher national purpose is what motivated Attlee to serve as Churchill's deputy, or Iain Duncan Smith to back Tony Blair over Iraq.

«We need,» Watson notes, «to build a party that sets out a sense of long - term national purpose and mobilises broad political support».

Coming as it did on the heels of World War I, the quest to reach the world's highest peak transcended mere mountaineering, ultimately becoming a journey of healing for England's Lost Generation, while also embodying Britain's desire for hope and renewed national purpose.

Instead, Brown has appealed above politics, across party, to a unity of national purpose.

The Presidio Trust is a distinctive federal agency created to save an historic American place and transform it to fulfill a new national purpose.

Because we are a democracy, we will tolerate a large measure of dissent from our national purpose in this war» some of it honorable, much of it contemptible.

What we might call free - standing Wilsonianism — Wilsonianism removed from its religious and theological foundation — is still a respectable view among those who write about the need for a compelling «national purpose.»

This does not satisfy some in our time who call for a new and grand and compelling assertion of «national purpose.»

Rather God's purpose is revealed as intending that Israel's national purpose — its very national and cultic policies — be such that it leads the other nations to God.

The national purpose is not merely the purpose of the president or premier; in fact, one criterion of greatness in a national leader is his ability to subordinate his own interests to those of the commonweal or, better, to identify the former with the latter.

Moreover, if the citizen happens to be a Christian his faith will directly condition his choice of national purposes and the manner in which he relates himself to their realization.

We act as though our government is headed by King George III, a foreign power, not an instrument of national purpose.

Both official and voluntary organizations are prominent in promoting national and cultural values, with people encouraged to indicate their approval of affirmations rooted in the national purpose.

Among these pathologies are the decline of the family, the open display of sexual perversity, crime and juvenile delinquency, and a general disintegration of morality and any sense of national purpose.

All this was set in the context of a cold war, however, in which a rhetoric of national honor, national security, and national purpose was everywhere.

Thus throughout a lengthy period the line was drawn between the «patriots» who defended such U.S. actions in the name of national purpose and those who, believing the national purpose was being violated, were forced by their protests to be «unpatriots.»

It is a party that lacks national unity, cohesion and direction and therefore has no national purpose; we are not looking for experimentation.

As Prime Minister, Mr Brown has appealed above politics, across party, to a unity of national purpose.

«It is our task to recapture the spirit and values and national purpose of that time,» cried Balls.

He added, «This government, the APC, is for the betterment of the people and the national purpose is bigger and more important than any individual's desires.

The former Lagos State governor added that he had devoted his life to building the party, stressing that the national purpose of the APC «is bigger than the desire of any individual.»

We have to ensure that such partnerships would serve a large, national purpose.

And to McCartney, the need to close the gap is a matter of nothing less than national purpose.

A national purpose is not a federal program... I actually think that the best way to do this is to use the federalist model.

«Now we're going to get something that's much worse — a lot of federal money going out for almost no leverage for any national purpose,» Orfield said.

As a myth of national purpose and as a program for individual conduct, the simple life has been a perennial dream and a rhetorical challenge, displaying an indestructible vitality even in the face of repeated defeats.

Described by President Akufo - Addo as a church of national purpose, the design features a series of chapels, a 5,000 - seat two - level auditorium, a grand central hall, music school, art gallery, shop and multi-use spaces.

A special feature was the images of notable Washington personalities — statesmen, spies, soldiers and nurses — who gave the city a sense of national purpose, glamour and intrigue during four years of war.

His book, America's Climate Century: What Climate Change Means for America in the 21st Century and What Americans Can Do About It he calls on Americans to make the fight against climate change our new national purpose.