Sentences with phrase «one's political freedom»

What is the point of political freedom if you do not have the means to enjoy it?

The sexual liberation of women can also be correlated with their struggle for political freedom and social equality.

The discussion should focus on political freedom, economic growth and greater peace and prosperity.

Even some countries that are making progress on expanding political freedom are frozen in place when it comes to religious freedom.

The best way to deal this issue is to help these countries grow in economic and political freedom over time.

I think those two points are a good summary that explains why Russian politicians are virtually forced into reducing political freedom.

And there is positive evidence that political freedom prevents some harmful economic development.

Economic and political freedom require ownership, that is, access to capital.

In that situation political freedom and human rights are subject, not to principle, but to numbers, to the majority, who may or may not allow human rights to exist.

Both begin, and end, with the view that a state that fails to secure political freedom is not legitimate.

Instead, the Sustainable History paradigm proposes a different understanding of what drives history, which is not the quest for political freedom but rather for dignity.

The lack of press freedom is not only indicative of a lack of political freedom but, I feel, will act to limit social progress in the long term.

Now ten years after the break up of the socialist order, many in Eastern Europe see better the advantages they had earlier, even though without political freedom.

It would underscore the point that viewing the imperfections of the City of Man in the light of the City of God is the surest foundation for constitutional government and responsible political freedom in the age of ideology.

In addition, it seems clear that those who wrote and ratified the Bill of Rights were less sensitive than contemporary commentators to the injuries that public religion allegedly inflicts on outsiders and dissenters, and more likely to perceive a connection between political freedom and the common good, on the one hand, and religion and its exercise, on the other.

For generations, black Americans have maintained their struggle for political freedom by telling stories of spiritual liberation.

The great Russian writer comes alive as a original thinker who combines ancient spiritual wisdom with modern political freedom» a much «needed alternative that grounds liberty in the anti «utopian Christian view of fallen man and the inherently limited nature of politics rather than En lightenment «progressivist theories of individual rights and human perfectibility.

«With his newfound political freedom, I hope the speaker uses his remaining time in Congress to break free from the hard - right factions of his caucus that have kept Congress from getting real things done,» Schumer said.

Dr. Alfred Balitzer, the first Dean of the Faculty and Professor of Political Science at SUA, suggested in an interview that there is enhanced political freedom for schools to experiment with education in the United States, but he felt that Dr. Ikeda has more reasons than that for his expectations of SUA.

On September 15th, it was 192 years since these Central American nations gained political freedom from Spanish rule.

Bush gave what was, in many ways, a noble speech, but it was lacking in its concern for the order and public safety that make political freedom possible and bearable.

He argues that God has chosen nations other than Israel to accomplish the task God gave Israel, and that the American effort to spread political freedom can be interpreted as a specific geopolitics that advances a providential mission.

... Today's culture is dominated by the philosophy of mysticism (irrationalism)-- altruism — collectivism, the base from which only statism can be derived; the statists (of any brand: communist, fascist or welfare) are merely cashing in on it — while the «conservatives» are scurrying to ride on the enemy's premises and, somehow, to achieve political freedom by stealth.

Although her remarks were tailored to an audience in a country where political freedoms are severely limited, we who enjoy such freedoms in the United Kingdom need to know how best to use them for the common good ofhumanity

Sparta fostered a culture of military solidarity over self - fulfilling individualism because Spartan political freedom depended on the forced labor of the Helots, serfs who worked the fields of nearby Messenia to grow grain for their Spartan masters.

The range of events now in the spotlight of international relations — such as the Arab Spring — has further emphasized that the bid for leadership change, be it highly authoritarian, might in fact be premised on a quest for something more wholesome than just political freedom.

This does not mean that the Singaporean system is necessarily better than Western - type liberal democracies, but it does suggest that there are other factors that are important for sustainable governance and prosperity than mere political freedom.

David Cameron has made an unequivocal call for greater political freedom in China, in a speech delivered to students in Beijing.

Instead, the new group plans to focus on the economic and political freedom which they say will come from Britain leaving the EU.

That would give the town of Palm Tree political freedom to elect its own town board and supervisor in this year's November election.

Samuel Goff, The Jewish Revolution: how Soviet Jews pursued artistic modernity and political freedom after 1917, The Calvert Journal, November 20, 2017

In the most obvious sense, the exhibition speaks to the right of citizens to come together as a body, an element of political freedom enshrined in many declarations of human rights, including the First Amendment of the American Constitution.

Metabolic freedom, not political freedom.

In other words, the Chinese Communist Party is trying to continue pulling off the trick that has served it ever since Deng Xiaoping defeated the Gang of Four: more economic freedom combined with less political freedom.

The reason that it hasn't in all cases is because such determinism as inherent in «oil = political freedom» is equally wrong.

The key shift was in the 1970s, when the Court veered away from strict interpretation of the original meaning of the Convention and adopted instead a policy of interpreting the Convention creatively and, through case law, extending its scope way beyond traditional ideas of political freedom into questions of economic and social policy.

These scholars must also contend with the bias of modern intellectuals against any attempt to portray Solzhenitsyn as a spokesman for responsible political freedom.

There may have been some very limited moves towards increasing accountability and expanding political freedoms, but any opportunity for major reform was firmly put on hold with the ascension of Sheikh Hamad.

At its worst it reflects a strange mental derangement that confuses ideals (the complete absence of barriers and regulatory friction) with realities (the dramatic growth of economic and political freedom over the last thirty years).

Alone among Western nations, the United States has shown itself capable of joining Christian piety with economic prosperity, modern political freedoms, and a civic culture of tolerance (the limits rather than existence of which define our current political battles over social issues).

It has reduced political freedom in general, and weakened civil liberties.

Schumer said he hopes Ryan will use his newfound political freedom to break free from the hard - right factions of his conference.

Bashar al - Assad's bloody crackdown on Syrian protesters drove home the cost of political freedom in certain Arab countries — leaving open the question of whether the international community is willing to help pay the price.

«Decades after Ghana and the rest of Africa fought for political freedom, President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo is engaged in a fight for economic freedom, which is captured in his vision of a Ghana beyond Aid.