Sentences with phrase «politicians has the courage»

If only our current crop of politicians had the courage Lincoln had to make the difficult decisions.

Few politicians have the courage to stand up to them, and when they do, they tend to get defeated (as in the electoral massacre of environmental Senators here in 1976 - 78).

It still amazes me that our politicians have the courage to send our citizens to war but not to ask the public that question.

When considered in conjunction with Chapter 2 of the Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Social Justice Report 2009 and the Senate's Legal and Constitutional Affairs References Committee's 2013 Report titled «Value of a justice reinvestment approach to criminal justice in Australia», we will understand that solutions are within our grasp if politicians have the courage and willingness to embrace them.

Not exact matches

Because no politician has yet had the courage to shut them down.

Sanders appears to understand the political virtue of courage when he pushes Rebecca to have the «guts» stand up for what will truly distinguish her from current politicians.

Still, this much is true: From the moment Scooter Libby was indicted, all the way down to this moment of his sentencing, I have judged the character of many acquaintances in the worlds of writers, public intellectuals, and conservative politicians ¯ their courage and their trustworthiness ¯ by a simple measure: whether or not they stood up for Scooter Libby.

«If a smooth career politician like Andrew Cuomo doesn't have the courage to debate a businessman from Buffalo, how will he have the courage to take on the entrenched special interests in Albany,» Paladino said in a statement.

Any politician of any political party should have the moral courage to clearly distance themselves from those who espouse and promote anti Semitism, racism or any attitude that fosters intolerance.

It takes courage to be a maverick and to say things that no other politician would dare say.

So, public sector reformation seems a Gordian Knot: trying it may lead to massive protests and it will significantly lower the popularity, so very few politicians will have the courage to really implement it.

And if the Labour party ever wants to govern Britain again, some of its own politicians are going to have to have the courage to utter a similar heresy.

I have been struck since the beginning of the campaign by the plain speaking, fresh thinking and political courage of Liz Kendall and the new generation of politicians — Chuka Umunna, Emma Reynolds, Tristram Hunt — who have declared their support for her.

I'm just waiting for the day when politicians will have the political courage to tell parents and students what they need to hear: that the students are responsible for their grades - and the parents are responsiblie for raising their children and providing them with the security and discipline to achieve.

From authors to pilots to politicians, women have with courage, knowledge and yes, muscle!

The idea of road tolls has been floated in Toronto, but so far no Canadian politician has had the courage to make it happen.

Sir David Chipperfield has accused politicians of lacking courage and vision at a time when «ideas and principles are under siege» and said architecture has become «contaminated by cynicism».

i wonder when we'll have a politician with the courage to speak the truth: that decreasing death rates by improvements and advances in medical care and nutrition and living conditions in the third world — without an even more dramatic reduction in birth rates — will only make the planet's environmental problems worse than they already are.

Let's see if politicians who like the idea have the courage to face down these charges.

I really think it's time we have politicians who can face the hard problems and have the courage to look ahead, instead of lamenting a past that never really existed.

Not one politician or the Appellate or Supreme Court has the courage to change it.

I wonder if McCormick and Kopel and other commentators will then take these politicians to task for not having the courage of their pro-gun convictions when the persons asserting gun rights are not quite as politically popular.

This book highlights and recognises the foundational work of the many human rights and social justice advocates, be they individuals, communities and organisations, who have the vision and courage required to make a difference and it is now time for politicians and policy makers to join us to address this national crisis.