Sentences with phrase «political leaders need»

Murdoch's The Australian, echoing a letter I sent them on Sunday, editorialises that «Our political leaders need... to give themselves... a chance to dig deeper into the scale of AGW, now that the scientific evidence is being questioned around the world... the IPCC report has been devalued... A fresh look at scientific data is needed...»
@Dan In a democracy, political leaders need to win elections.
«Mr. Obama and other global political leaders need to reconsider their misinformed belief that climate policy and energy policy should be interwoven.
Political leaders need to listen more carefully to the voices beyond the metropolitan elite: «I particularly welcome the inclusion in the Gracious Speech of plans to introduce an annual limit on immigration.
As the news will support, even ostensibly responsible and media - conscious political leaders need some more guidance with appropriate versus inappropriate electronic media usage.
In particular, the sparring between Senators Cruz and Rubio, both of whom are now vying for the number two spot following Ben Carson's implosion in the polls, showed how political leaders need to use guile and their wits to win.
With World War II underway, the new political leader needs to decide how to deal with Hitler's threats.

Not exact matches

What we need from our aspiring political leaders is recognition of two stark realities.
From a political nobody, to one of the front runners of the 2017 French elections, this is everything you need to know about Emmanuel Macron, leader of En Marche!.
«A national regulator is needed, but there is no stomach within the political world,» wrote one business leader.
When announcing the creation of his political advocacy group, Zuckerberg wrote a Washington Post op - ed, saying that technology leaders must band together to «advocate a bipartisan policy agenda to build the knowledge economy the United States needs to ensure more jobs, innovation and investment.»
This «fantasy speech» by Joe Oliver and the high likelihood that all political leaders will indulge themselves in a bit of «fact fantasy» suggests to us that there is a need for an «official fact checker» to keep a little bit of honesty in the political debate.
«Canadian business and political leaders have long recognized the need for Canadian companies to achieve scale to reduce costs and compete domestically and internationally,» said Krane.
The continuing political upheaval in Saudi Arabia can be viewed as a much - needed development for a young country run by corrupt old leaders.
She faces significant pressure from a newly elected Hollande, a political leader in Monti whose approval ratings are plummeting at home and needs to show some form of success on the European state, and a leader in Rajoy whose management of his country's banking crisis has been widely criticized.
Over the past decade, EURO leaders were incapable of agreeing on the political institutions that would ensure fiscal discipline, as well as the structural policies needed to make their economies competitive.
Washington (CNN)- The faith community needs to be a check against political vitriol in the 2012 election, which two religious leaders say has the potential to be the «ugliest campaign» in decades.
Hall said political leaders have been «in terror of the gun lobby,» but now they need to know that faith communities such as his are willing to stand behind efforts to push for gun control.
Everyone appears to agree that our healthcare system needs fixing, but each and every time an elected leader has the courage to commit political suicide by suggesting remedies for improving the system, he gets taken to the gallows.
In other words, evangelical leaders were willing to speak about the issue when it was unpopular to many conservatives (this is another reason why Christians should not be seen as a wing of any political party; they must speak prophetically as needed on issues).
Pope Francis's recent comments about the migrant crisis in Europe indicates that he's aware of these limits and respects the need for political leaders to grapple with them.
We also need systemic reforms to shorten political campaigns and to allow leaders more free access to television for the business of governance.
We need to pray for Tim as we do for all our political leaders.
A growing coalition of conservative political leaders, religious groups and government officials is leading the attack against publicly supported programs of sex education, school - based health centers, guidance programs in family planning, and other activities designed to address the sexual needs of youth from both a social and a health perspective.
Christians living in better circumstances, however, need to take up the cause of their suffering brethren: they need to educate themselves about what is happening, spread the news, ask their own religious leaders to speak out, support reputable organizations that are working for religious freedom, and appeal to their political leaders to do far more in their contacts with key diplomats and oppressive governments.
I found the speech to be very moving.I also liked what the president said about Billy Graham.There was a time when this country seemed more at peace within.Billy Graham seemed to command respect from most quarters, and he had the role of a patriarchal leader, in his own way.I'm sure he has political views, but I have never heard him say things that are polarizing, unlike too many ministers today.This country needs another Billy Graham, who will stand for the gospel, and his convictions; but who doesn't major in alienating others.
We need political leaders who are willing to stand up and say they believe in science.
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By engaging citizens in a wider discussion, it is shaping a certain type of Romanian citizen, a critical one, capable of engaging in civilized discussions with his fellow citizens, of taking action whenever needed and of holding the political leaders accountable for their actions.
What the international community needs to guard against is allowing the ICC to become a tool that Western liberal democracies can impose on developing country leaders who have fallen out of political favour.
She also signaled a desire to stay in the political game, saying the state needs leaders to take on Wall Street (even though she had declined to pledge not to accept finance industry campaign cash), clean up Albany, champion marriage equality and fight environmental polluters.
If world leaders and climate advocates really want to improve the chances of mobilising political will and citizen action behind a new deal, they will need to think carefully about what sort of key messages actually work.
«I am a bit concerned that a leader of a political party would seek to make capital out of this, because it is a minor issue, it does need resolving, I'm concerned by Nigel saying that people are becoming overly sensitive to Muslim communities, I think that makes it a far more divisive issue than it needs to be.»
That is, moderate political leaders should similarly to seize the potential advantages of new technologies to disseminate correct and responsible understandings of pressing domestic and social needs — which are then communicated swiftly and widely and in a very modern fashion, that is, via the Internet.
Senate Republicans have not countered with their own bill, which is needed for a compromise, although Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Rockville Centre) wants to hold the primaries in August, according to political observers.
Leaders in positions of power will therefore seek at all costs to maintain those positions, which ensure the dopamine flow and of other neurochemicals and confer them the neurochemical gratification they need; in such instances, political transition is tediously slow.
«As political leaders, if we have any special needs in respect of our security, the right authority to discuss it is the Inspector General of Police,» President Mahama said Monday.
According to Mahama, any political leader or party that feels the need for security protection must consult the Inspector General of Police.
That President Xi has accumulated so much personal power is partly a reflection of his political acumen, and partly a recognition by the Party that China needs a single strong leader at the moment as it transitions from a weak local power recovering from the disasters of Japanese occupation in the early 20th century followed the cultural revolution and the great leap forwards, and instead becomes a global power.
But the popular Molinaro, a leader of the island's Conservative Party, figured he didn't need the political headaches that might come with the extra dollars.
«Silence in the face of opposition to this smart and sensible plan to raise the minimum wage will be seen by workers and their families as an unfortunate capitulation to political expediency when what we all need is the courage of our leaders convictions,» Taliercio wrote.
And if the Albany ruling elite is okay with present or past drug use among their political leaders, they need to know that the vast majority of New York is not.»
Mr Brown, who has just published a memoir, talks about a possible «game changer» on Brexit, the measures needed to stop Scotland becoming like Catalonia and his belief that political leaders have a «shelf life» of about six years.
«The commodity crisis has demonstrated that we need to attract more capital to Africa and I would like to see the AFC mobilizing much needed capital to the continent as we engage with our political leaders to create the enabling environment for growth and development», Elumelu said.
The statement read in part: «As a people with common destiny, we need to constantly include President Muhammadu Buhari in our prayers for a quick recovery as a matter of overall national interest, and indeed, all our leaders; exhibit a very high level of patriotism; be proactive; make objective not distractive actions and criticisms; proffer progressive advice and solutions devoid of political, selfish, ethnic religious considerations.»
Cuomo says the restructuring board could also provide political cover for local government leaders who need to make unpopular decisions, like laying off workers in order to consolidate services, or reducing the number of city councilmembers or supervisory boards.
The Labour leader said the intervention was inappropriate due to «massive political issues» which need to be dealt with following the Brexit result.
CODEO reiterates its earlier call for the need for the political parties, their leaders, and the entire political class to take adequate measures to bridge the political polarization that characterized the 2016 election campaign especially between the NDC and the NPP and to reduce the winner takes all tendencies in our politics.»
Each answering questions about the need for citizens be involved in their community and what inspires these activists and political leaders to be civically engaged in their community.
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