Sentences with phrase «oratory about»

Keep that history in mind during this election season when you hear the voucher rhetoric and other oratory about the need to send public dollars to private and religious schools.

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When we say the residents of this upscale Westmount neighbourhood are blessed, we're not just talking about their $ 590,000 average annual household income; this leafy enclave is tucked into the hill directly behind Montreal's spectacular St. Joseph's Oratory, giving them easy access to the divine and a sweeping view of the city as well.

Presidential oratory provides much of the supporting evidence for McDougall's ideas about civil religion, from President William McKinley's implication that the United States had not so much conquered Cubans as it had ministered to them («Are we not made better for the effort and sacrifice, and are not those we serve lifted up and blessed?»)

Ker makes the point about the rise of ecclesial communities which have always existed in the Church — from the time of St Antony the Great to that of St Philip Neri's Oratory.

This sort of language, and the rigidity of the oratory, led many to think that the revival of talk about evil must be derived from a revival of religion.

But that kind of language works better in campaigns than in governance; eventually, you have to talk about things as they are, not just as you feel they should be, and so it was inevitable that the radiance of his oratory dimmed a little once he took office.

The Oratory of Divine Love, a confraternity rather than an order, had its beginnings about the year 1497, when Alexander VI was on the Papal throne.

Much has been written about Cuomo as a public speaker vis - a-vis his father, former Gov. Mario Cuomo, was infamous for his soaring oratory.

The speech is considered one of the great pieces of oratory in American history, and a thought about Buffalo was near the heart of it.

I've got a lot of work to do on my oratory, but for me it's about getting the message across that there's a group of guys, my generation, there's a warrior generation out there that we have put through 15 years of conflict and we now have a duty to look after.»

But he added: «It reminded me of Tony Blair's speech taking us into the Iraq War and I'm always anxious about the greatest oratory is going to lead us to the greatest mistakes as well.»

«Andrew Cuomo as governor has always been much more about getting the job done than the soaring oratory that will move a convention hall to tears.»

At its core, Lincoln is a film about the arts of suasion — one that encompasses oratory and extortion, conciliation and conspiracy, arms twisted and cheeks turned.

And while I'm aiming to tell you about public spaces, one or two other things might slip in, like the Oratory, which do, strictly, have a roof on their heads.

Maybe with the few great movers and shakers of today along with the one presidential candidate and his VP pick, both of whom provide models, again, of the power of education and literacy, of restoring peace and dialogue as the first order, we can restore not only the impeccable English written and oratory skills of yesterday, but also restore our sense of obligation for caring about our one, finite planet.