Sentences with phrase «of a democratic society»

We all pay taxes, whether we like it or not, because we agree as citizens, as members of a democratic society, that mandatory taxation is for the common good.

23 This Court has emphasized on many occasions that the «open court principle» is a hallmark of a democratic society and applies to all judicial proceedings.

We also agree today on many basic features of a democratic society: the right to vote, the right to due process of law, the right to free speech.

In this view, education should immerse students in the continuum of ideas of a democratic society.

The second is that one of the fundamental goals of a democratic society is finding practical ways to resolve differences where agreement does not follow from debate.

Alternative programs of choice are in accord with the values of a democratic society.

Finally, the goal of transforming schools into communities where everyone has a voice goes beyond issues of school reform to the heart of our democratic society.

[2] The system ensures key principles of a democratic society; that all are equal before the law and have the right to a fair trial.

Equal access to a civil and family justice system that can uphold rights and fairly and effectively resolve disputes is a fundamental and far - reaching component of democratic societies.

But we don't have an example of a democratic society existing in a socialist economy — which is the only real alternative to capitalism in the modern world.

It states a commitment to helping parents raise youngsters who will maintain the best habits of a democratic society.

Students will also hold class elections to help understanding of democratic society.

This guaranteed right is vital to the fabric of our democratic society.

It must be borne in mind that the media play a vital role in the functioning of a democratic society.

A fair voting system is the backbone of any democratic society.

... no group has the right to... impose its own concept of politics or morality upon other members of a democratic society.

Debate and questioning is, after all, an important part of a democratic society.

They are «dedicated to public education as the cornerstone of a democratic society [and to] education policy and actions that allow students, teachers, families, and communities to work together to meet the needs of all children.»

«But above all it is about the kind of democratic society in which we want to live, in which everyone's point of view is important and everyone is able to take part and contribute to that.»

He's urged Alberta to build a «firewall» to preserve its values against a hostile federal government, he's alleged a federal government conspiracy to stack the courts in favour of gay marriage, and he's said human rights commissions amount to «totalitarianism» and an «attack on our fundamental freedoms and the basic existence of a democratic society.»

A Lagos - based human rights lawyer, Femi Falana, whose law firm was handling the matter, had said the actions of the security agency were against all known laws of a democratic society.

This itself erodes the ideals of a democratic society.»

Getting young people into the community helps to develop a sense of place, an awareness of the ecological, economic, social, and political factors in a community, and serves as a critical foundation of a democratic society.

• The rights of the individual in relation to the benefit of society — under what circumstances can personal privacy become secondary to the needs of society, considering the fundamental importance of privacy protection for the development of a democratic society as a whole?

Any such limitations shall be non-discriminatory and strictly necessary solely for the purpose of securing due recognition and respect for the rights and freedoms of others and for meeting the just and most compelling requirements of a democratic society.

The civil justice system is a fundamental and far - reaching component of democratic societies which touches the lives of Canadians every day.

Papandreou went on to argue that loopholes in the tax system for the wealthy violate the basic structure of a democratic society since not everyone is paying their share, an issue he dealt with specifically during his time as Greece's PM.

Nowadays, however, governments of our democratic societies are almost invariably large financial debtors, often the economy's most highly indebted sector.

Colleges have grown large trying to fulfill their responsibilities to the youth of a democratic society.

On the basis on her frankly Jeffersonian reading of the early church, she concludes, «Our secularized western idea of democratic society owes much to that early Christian vision of a new society — a society no longer formed by the natural bonds of family, tribe, or nation, but by the voluntary choice of its members.»

Because conscience is present in every individual and corresponds so nicely to the contents of civil religion (i.e., Deism), the role of organized religion (read, the Catholic Church) is thought to be not only unnecessary for but also the enemy of Democratic society.

Thomas Farr, a Georgetown Professor of Religion and International Affairs, in an adaptation of and an article in Foreign Affairs, has argued in First Things that the fostering of democratic societies in Islamic lands must be linked with encouraging Islamic communities themselves to understand the value of religious freedom.

The governing of a democratic society is a difficult enterprise, grounded in ambiguity and uncertainty, inherently controversial.

Articulating the answer is crucial, because today there are growing threats of coercion on both sides, and the secularism that refuses to recognize the proper civic roles of religious members of society gives rise to religious reactionaries that reject the moral legitimacy of democratic society.

Emancipation from the endless discussions of committee meetings, trying to solve problems in both religious and political communities that had hitherto occupied so much of my time, was a desirable freedom from the chores of a democratic society; but it also meant an emancipation from responsibility — a doubtful boon, because responsibility engages us in the causes of moral, political and religious movements.

O'Neill framed her talk around the complicated relationship between the rights to privacy and free press, emphasising that the debate between these two key features of democratic societies fails to adequately show how claims of privacy and calls for press freedom are to be weighed against one another if and when they come into conflict.

While the issue of where to draw these lines remains contested, the idea that the line itself is an offence against liberty which turns us into an authoritarian dictatorship is one where you are failing to carry the opinion of our democratic society.

He said he had respect for the rights of all citizens to responsibly associate and pursue their welfare within the ambits of the law and norms of a democratic society.

The Association advocates a sound use of history and heritage education towards the building and deepening of democratic societies, connecting professionals across boundaries of communities, countries, ethnicities and religions.

It strives to suggest an approach informed by the experiences of democratic societies with different norms and legal cultures; one that harnesses the strengths and capabilities of the public and the private sectors in offering practical solutions to pressing problems.

It may not be politically feasible at the national level, but local authorities, teacher leaders, and policy makers may be in a position to think of creating policies that offer quality education while still ensuring that students have the liberty to reach their own unique potential, the core strength of a democratic society.

Schools have the responsibility of being incubators of democratic society, and manipulating student involvement actively undermines that responsibility while taking away the rights of learners.

He will have to confess the bonds he shared with her parents, the passion with which they all embraced the Khmer Rouge's illusory promise of a democratic society, and the truth about her father's end.