Sentences with phrase «place in our democracy»

«This has no place in our democracy».

Much was made in the 1990s about the civic institutions that held such a prominent place in Democracy in America.

This kind of hateful, poisonous rhetoric has no place in our democracy.

Patricia Hesselbach won a place in Democracy Prep's lottery for her 14 - year - old daughter, Ayanna Mason, now a ninth grader.

Not exact matches

The term implies that when the citizens of Cambodia or Argentina see their country's war criminals or dictators tried and convicted, they will place more faith in the rule of law, and the society can move more easily toward a peace settlement or democracy.

He compares this to the idea of the divine right of kings, which has no place in a modern democracy.

A muslim structure in N.Y. of all places must be the greatest insult ever — a symptom of their total disdain of decency and democracy.

On the other hand such personalism iuris divini, which despite its importance can not here be proved theologically, is a principle of resistance against the well - known dangers and shortcomings of democracy in large societies where self - government by the people, for example, by plebiscite is no longer possible and the representation which takes its place be - comes more and moe autonomous.

In Costa Rica, long a beacon of democracy in Latin America, there is now a remilitarizing of society generally, symbolized by the U.S. military exercises taking place in Costa Rica's national parks, in spite of objections by the Costa Rican governmenIn Costa Rica, long a beacon of democracy in Latin America, there is now a remilitarizing of society generally, symbolized by the U.S. military exercises taking place in Costa Rica's national parks, in spite of objections by the Costa Rican governmenin Latin America, there is now a remilitarizing of society generally, symbolized by the U.S. military exercises taking place in Costa Rica's national parks, in spite of objections by the Costa Rican governmenin Costa Rica's national parks, in spite of objections by the Costa Rican governmenin spite of objections by the Costa Rican government.

... one can change human institutions, but not man; whatever the general effort of a society to render citizens equal and alike, the particular pride of individuals will always seek to escape the [common] level... In aristocracies, men are separated from one another by high, immovable barriers, in democracies, they are divided by a multitude of small, almost invisible threads that are broken every minute and are constantly changed from place to placIn aristocracies, men are separated from one another by high, immovable barriers, in democracies, they are divided by a multitude of small, almost invisible threads that are broken every minute and are constantly changed from place to placin democracies, they are divided by a multitude of small, almost invisible threads that are broken every minute and are constantly changed from place to place.

In a democracy of worth the destruction of traditional social symbols, which has taken place so widely in modern society, would be halteIn a democracy of worth the destruction of traditional social symbols, which has taken place so widely in modern society, would be haltein modern society, would be halted.

This placing of their very lives in the hands of a strategic elite was like the trust that always had to be granted by democracies to their military leaders, such as in ancient Athens or pre-1950s America; it was unlike it in the sheer immediacy of the new sort of death - threat and the practical impossibility of evading it.

In the first place, economic systems which are partial socialist can and do exist in functioning democracieIn the first place, economic systems which are partial socialist can and do exist in functioning democraciein functioning democracies.

In a modern democracy there is no place for a class of educated gentry who enjoy their studies at the expense of the ignorant toiling masses.

He highlighted Britain's achievements as a «pluralist democracy which places great value on freedom of speech, freedom of political affiliation and respect for the rule of law, with a strong sense of the individual's rights and duties, and of the equality of all citizens before the law and noted that there was much in common here with Catholic social teaching.

This Asian authoritarian form of governance with democratic ways today can be seen in varying degrees in countries and places such as Japan, South Korea, Singapore, Taiwan, and Hong Kong — all with intimate experience of Confucianism.4 Lawyer Randall Perenboom suggests that just as law in any country must be «context specific,» so also is democracy.

These primitive tribal religions have no place in a modern democracy... I don't know... something about separation of church and state???

Yet may we not claim, observing the precipitate growth of democracies and totalitarian regimes during the past hundred and fifty years, that it is the Sense of Species, which for a time seemed to have vanished from human hearts, dispelled in some sort by the growth of Reflection, that is now gradually resuming its place and reasserting its rights over narrow individualism?

U.S. support for dictators in Cuba, Iran, the Philippines, Nicaragua, Brazil, South Korea, Argentina, and numerous other places did not prevent our leaders from talking with a straight face about «freedom and democracy.»

The confusion of democracy with the Christian ideal of life in America, of racialism and the gospel in Germany, of Western nationalism and church missions in the Orient, testify to the compromise which has taken place.

If a nation is committed to a democratic way of resolving issues that effects communities of people within its borders, the same standard has to be applied in the international level to give credibility to the system of democracy which the USA and the European Union are eager to promote in countries where democracy is not in place.

In some places today there is a crushing of democracy in the name of democracIn some places today there is a crushing of democracy in the name of democracin the name of democracy.

It places pleasure above love, health and well - being above the sacredness of life, the participation of special interests groups in governance above democratic representation, women's rights above motherhood, the empowerment of the selfish individual above any form of legitimate authority, ethics above morality, the right to choose above the eternal law written in the human heart, democracy and humanism above divine revelation — in a nutshell, immanence above transcendence, man above God, the «world» above «heaven».

While there was again a reaction against democracy in some places during the 1950s, it was not lasting.

It is seen, in the third place, in the Western democracies, where we still pay lip service to the moral and religious principles of Christendom but have actually lost a great part of this heritage.

So, I hold that the idea of freedom and the social fact of democracy were far less at work in places like Cuba, Columbian coast, Brazil, Puerto Rico, Jamaica, Trinidad, etc., than in our America.

The relative prominence of Protestant Christianity was obviously due at least partly to two factors, the leading place which predominantly Protestant peoples had in the expansion of Europe and in the invention and development of the mechanical appliances which characterized the age, and the association of Protestantism with the democracy and the private enterprise which marked the period.

Of special importance for world democracy at the present time is the decisive rejection of the white man's dominance of the world, as people of every shade of skin assume places of leadership in the councils of the nations.

As comprehensive as Brogan's account may be, however, his book is at its weakest where the convergence of the historical narrative ought to illuminate the great work of Tocque - ville's that authorizes a grand biography of this sort in the first place» Democracy in America.

If and when this mosque is built - and I presume it will since it is truly our freedom that binds and fetters so much as to allow such a travesty to even be considered - I think that fifty years from now people will wonder at the amazing and complete victory of Al Queda as to completely raze our symbols of democracy and capitalism and in its place raise up a mosque.

Wait, no, we're not simply a democracy, we have rules in place specifically to prevent a majority from trampling the rights of minorities.

It is sad that Harrington did not live to see the transformations now taking place in Eastern Europe and Latin America as the people there struggle for (or stumble toward) democracy, for he would have been vindicated in his critique of the betrayals of the best dreams of socialism by the Leninist - Stalinist deviations that, he thinks, subverted the more promising aspects of Marx.

It is impossible to separate religious freedom from civil freedom, and there can be no democracy if the freedom of the citizen is curtailed in religious matters, for such curtailing can often take place as a means of silencing political dissent.

For indigenous institutions to work, however, the constitutional fundamentals of democracy, human rights and the rule of law must be in place.

A second was to identify solutions that would not place constraints on the rights of citizens to express themselves freely in a democracy.

Without this foundation, American democracy can only be based on a type of secularism that can not allow, let alone guarantee, the place of religions in the public realm.

If, as N.T. Wright maintains, democracy is «society ordering itself according to its own wishes, fears and fancies» (How God Became King, p. 35), if we place our trust in our democracy, are we placing trust in a man - made system rather than in God?

For a place that's the seat of American democracy, Capitol Hill doesn't offer much in the way of culinary enticements.

In Berlin 200,000 had gathered before the Brandenburg Gate to reflect at the place where the wall between democracy and communism had stood.

If the democratic dispensation in Ghana were like those of more mature democracies, there would be a mechanism in place for consensual discussions of issues of national interest.

He further recounted that, as a matter of urgency, there is the need to think through carefully that if all the institution we have put in place are enhancing our democracy and of which they are not because;

But we also think that it's astonishing that nobody has responsibility for the diversity of democracy nationally, and we shall be taking steps to ask government, the Electoral Commission and elections officers to do this, both in terms of providing support for the identification and training of candidates through a Democracy Diversity Fund, and by monitoring who is standing for election in the firdemocracy nationally, and we shall be taking steps to ask government, the Electoral Commission and elections officers to do this, both in terms of providing support for the identification and training of candidates through a Democracy Diversity Fund, and by monitoring who is standing for election in the firDemocracy Diversity Fund, and by monitoring who is standing for election in the first place.

The commercial and artistic elite in Yangon and Mandalay often want something like a Thai - style liberal democracy which retains a central places for Theravada Buddhism and perhaps for the Tatmadaw as well.

This kind of landmark judicial pronouncement is understandably rare in every jurisdiction not excluding the most advanced democracies for the obvious reason that it has always been considered prudent for the preservation of the state, democracy and the peace to ensure that proactive mechanisms are put in place before, during and after voting day to deliver credible electoral outcomes rather than rely on costly post electoral judicial reviews.

Guaranteeing dignity for all, at all times and under all circumstances, is inclusive of all democratic principles in the first place, while simultaneously addressing inequality, something most liberal democracies tackle insufficiently.

Personal Democracy Forum is taking place June 5 - 6 in New York, and you should definitely check it out.

The traditional power - hoarding model of British democracy has been hollowed - out and, as a result, new relationships between the governors and the governed must be put in place.

Groups which sought to «undermine democracy» or «use hate speech in public places» were also included.

Addressing a huge crowd in his home city of Chicago, he said: «If there is anyone out there who still doubts that America is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of our founders is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.

After being declared the winner, she told the crowd: «If there is anyone out there who doubts that Edmonton is a place where all things are possible, who still wonders if the dream of hope is alive in our time, who still questions the power of our democracy, tonight is your answer.