Sentences with phrase «offered by democracy»
After considering several forms of such response, Ignatieff concludes by returning once again to the promise offered by democracy, arguing that the ultimate answer to terrorism must be persuasion: «We must be able to defend ourselves» with force of arms, but even more with force of argument.
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By contrast, one - time American presidential aspirant Alfred E. Smith offered a different diagnosis: «the cure for the evils of democracy is more democracy.»
When he offers a book - length «vindication of democracy and a critique of its traditional defense,» he does so by employing the biblical imagery of «the children of light and the children of darkness.»
Evan, While Christians offer state that the US was founded as a Christian nation, you are the first person I have heard suggest that democracy was inspired by Jesus.
In his 2011 book, Machiavellian Democracy (previously reviewed for OurKingdom by Guy Aitchison), the political theorist John P. McCormick offers an innovative reading of Machiavelli.
John P. McCormick: Well, I merely offered a sketch for how a modern institution that excluded wealthy citizens might wield some of the powers held by the Roman tribunes within modern electoral democracies.
The Liberal Democrat answer — with its emphasis upon community politics, internal democracy and federalism — has typically been very different to that offered by the other parties.
His attempt to build a new political movement, taking advantage of the possibilities of direct democracy offered by the web is very similar to the German Pirate Party, an increasingly popular movement.
«By offering early voting across the state, we are further breaking down barriers to democracy and helping to ensure that all New Yorkers» voices are heard.»
As a founding member of CISLAC, Centre for Democracy and Development (CDD), and other Civil Society Organizations, Prof. Momoh had excelled by voluntarily offering holistic and tremendous supports for the establishment and sustenance of the Centers.
«By offering early voting across the state, we are further breaking down barriers to democracy and helping to ensure that all New Yorkers» voices are heard,» Cuomo said in a statement.
In addition to blatantly offering to sell your democracy, Smith told donors that those who declined to buy in would be punished by Bronx state Senator, and weapons grade asshole, Jeff Klein.
The proposals now before the City Council offer a stark choice for the future of the political system our great city: reaffirm the will of the people and the basic principles of democracy and good governance, by forming a charter review commission and possibly holding a special election on term limits in the spring; or cynically toss democracy aside for personal political ambition by changing term limits legislatively.
By calling on Labour to adopt a new agenda on public service reform, local ownership and control, a green economy and a renewed democracy, LABOUR S REVIVAL offers a practical path for modernisers to follow in the tough months ahead.
The Santa Cruz County Animal Shelter (SCCAS) wants to celebrate democracy by offering special prices on the day afterElection Day.
A supposed direct and sudden democracy that brought with it privatisation and the surge of capitalism, offered in abundance by a Western ideology of «freedom», gave birth to feelings of confusion, distrust and dislocation that are existent until today.
An investigation by the Center for Media and Democracy (CMD), hosted at ALECExposed.org, offers the following description of the organization:
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