Sentences with phrase «respect of our fellow citizens»

If our people languish in dependency, while the means through which we might work toward our own advancement exist, then we have surrendered our claim to dignity and to the respect of our fellow citizens.

These kids pledge allegiance to the flag every morning, Torkelson said, his voice rising, they light fireworks on the Fourth of July and, in some cases, fight for their country «and all they want is the recognition and the respect of their fellow citizens.»

Not exact matches

For Lasch, true populism is rooted in mutual respect, which demands that we hold ourselves and our fellow citizens to shared standards of conduct and discourse — a necessary precondition for both civil disagreement and a healthy body politic.

Also crucial, I maintain, is an equality of respect and standing in the eyes of one's fellow citizens.

I believe in policies that reduce the urgent need some people feel to kill abortionists while, at the same time, respecting the rights of conscience of my fellow citizens who believe that the killing of abortionists is sometimes a tragic necessity — not a good, but a lesser evil.

In other words, if, as citizens, we have a moral obligation to our fellow citizens to work, then this can only be in the context of a society that is sufficiently just to us in other important respects.

I replied him as Mr. P. V. Obeng, The Castle, Osu., and told him my piece of mind as a citizen of Ghana since he had forgotten to respect his office as Chairman of the Committee Secretaries and addressed me as a fellow citizen.

Fellow Citizens, I am not wanting in respect for the fathers of this republic.

In addition to well - accepted traits like respect for law and for the rights of others, Macedo writes expansively about «tolerance, mutual respect, and active cooperation among fellow citizens,» readiness to «think critically about public affairs and participate actively in the democratic process,» and commitment to «the supreme political authority of principles that we can publicly justify along with all our reasonable fellow citizens.»

Tolerance of other points of view and respect for others as fellow citizens must be a conscious goal.

Let us also feel proud that — as a nation - we respect our fellow citizens, we care for their plight and we offer our hand in friendship so that we may all enjoy the bounty of this great nation.

«If once you forfeit the confidence of your fellow citizens, you can never regain their respect and esteem.»