Sentences with phrase «together as a country»

General Motors is about unity and inclusion and so am I. Recent events, particularly those in Charlottesville, Virginia, and its aftermath, require that we come together as a country and reinforce values and ideals that unite us - tolerance, inclusion and diversity — and speak against those which divide us — racism, bigotry and any politics based on ethnicity.

First, we need to get our act together as a country when it comes to climate policy.

«We spend way too much time fixated on the areas we disagree with each other and need to create more moments where we come together as a country.»

«This will allow us to come together as a country and channel our energies towards a successful Brexit deal that works for everyone in this country — securing a new partnership with the EU which guarantees our long term prosperity «That's what people voted for last June.

«We need to all come together as a country to stop it, otherwise we are destroying our future.

I'm simply saying we all need to pull together as a country.»

Give feedback on the quality of communication, not the content of the opinion: Recently, a very sweet middle school student gave me her speech on how we should all come together as a country.

We agree with President Bartlett that we must come together as a country and «do better» on behalf of America's children and America's public schools.

As for why the corruption, all the obvious reasons: a) the country's made up of a zillion different historically hostile tribes arbitrarily thrown together as a country by the Brits; b) life is short, there are few official safety nets (e.g., unemployment insurance, pensions), so there are few moral qualms about taking care of your own, no matter what; c) there's not yet any sort of history of democracy, of regulation of profiteering — this is a very young, very capitalist country; d) the outside world and all its wealth provides tremendous incentives for corruption — the amount and indiscriminate nature of foreign aid, the fact that the amount of money that would eventually be paid for, say, a rhino horn dagger will trickle down to paying the poacher enough money to cover his kids» school fees for years; e) the fact that the west encourages the illicitly wealthy in the developing world to hide their loot in western institutions (e.g., Swiss banks).

Not exact matches

Together — against forces of nature — we gradually developed to become the leading economic nation as we spread across the country, while simultaneously retaining a sense of community.

Her first - hand account was just one of the many stories of heroism that captivated the country as it helped piece together what happened that day.

TORONTO — The heads of two of Canada's biggest unions say they're resigning so new leaders can take the helm and expand the membership rolls as the groups join together in a merger that will create the country's largest private - sector union.

Now is the time for us to come together as one country.

As a country, «we have the responsibility to come together and find common ground.

It happens in other countries, such as Denmark and South Korea, where both public and private sectors come together to chart a long - term plan.

«Because they arrange a lot of these essential social services that everybody really needs to grow up to be a productive individual,» Partanen said, «Nordic countries perceive them more as [under] a big umbrella, and they all work together.»

A fairly straightforward statement such as Ivy's letter («It is now time for all of us to work together to advance policies that help our country move forward») might not be out of place in another election.

«As the EU by its nature brings so many countries together, it often jointly bats above its weight by working as a group... This helps to reinforce the political will needed to deliver aid and keep delivering,» said the statement from Bond and the U.K. Aid NetworAs the EU by its nature brings so many countries together, it often jointly bats above its weight by working as a group... This helps to reinforce the political will needed to deliver aid and keep delivering,» said the statement from Bond and the U.K. Aid Networas a group... This helps to reinforce the political will needed to deliver aid and keep delivering,» said the statement from Bond and the U.K. Aid Network.

So just a small technology, a product, a brand creating that kind of buzz between two countries that really have not been able to come together as peoples and as governments, and whereas the consumerism is bringing those two countries together.

At a memorial the night of the attacks, Ryan was struggling to put the day's events together in his mind just as everyone else in the country was.

A series of events, being co-hosted by the World Bank and WHO on 13 - 14 April, as part of the World Bank Group - International Monetary Fund Spring Meetings in Washington DC, is bringing ministers of finance, development agencies, academic experts and practitioners together to discuss how to put mental health at the centre of the health and development agenda globally and in countries.

Before long Biznik took on a life of it's own as folks joined from all over the country an even the world, responding to the call for independent business people to show up, collaborate, and work together to help each other stay in business.

Those countries at the so - called «periphery» are paying a high price as they play their part in keeping the euro together.

The Every Voter Counts Alliance, bringing together over 60 organizations from across the country representing diverse groups, will be hosting a press conference on Parliament Hill later this morning just as the special parliamentary committee on electoral reform is set to begin its deliberations.

The UK's Natural Environment Research Council said research teams from the two countries will work together on five projects, to receive funding from the Joint UK - China Renewable Energy program as well as financial support from NERC and the National Natural Science Foundation of China.

It's probably the one file where long - time allies will find themselves at odds in the months ahead, as U.S. President Barack Obama tries to cobble together a deal to liberalize trade among the dozen countries with a combined population of 792 million.

One forum for this type of discussion is the April 2013 Pacific Energy Summit, co-sponsored by the Asia Pacific Foundation of Canada (APF Canada) and the U.S. - based National Bureau of Asian Research, that will bring together private sector, government and policy leaders from a number of Asian countries, as well as the United States and Canada, to discuss how to forge trans - Pacific co-operation for this new energy era.

These factors, together with low levels of transparency, weak financial institutions, and inadequate infrastructure have acted as a deterrent to investment — despite the fact that countries like Guinea or the Democratic Republic of Congo have immense mineral resources.

Blacks alongside gays, alongside Hispanics, alongside the poor and the middleclass??? Shouldn't we all band together in a common cause - to be recognized and accepted, for equal rights for all members of our society??? Shouldn't the 99 % be the voice of this country - as opposed to the oppressive 1 %??? I think we should all band together - pushing for a common cause, and making America the true beacon of what a Modern society looks like!

It is only when we are forced or truly threatened to not be free to believe as we do, in this country, that we must stand together for that freedom.

When George Bush stood at ground zero in the days after 9/11 and spoke, we all came together then as a country.

We should come together, as reflected in your comments, in encouraging reduction in abortions, and we would have near universal agreement on that, except in countries engaged in strict population control and gender selection.

Call upon the educated, artistic, and creative members of our societies, as well as organizations of civil society, to establish a broad movement for the just treatment of religious minorites in Muslim countries and to raise awareness as to their rights, and to work together to ensure the success of these efforts.

It is as a result of this that we have become part of a peasant - farmer platform bringing together ten West African countries.

As we renew our commitment to religious pluralism in the public square, we should embrace debate, welcome dissent, and encourage civility as we work together for the sake of the common good and of a country we are all unreservedly blessed to call our homAs we renew our commitment to religious pluralism in the public square, we should embrace debate, welcome dissent, and encourage civility as we work together for the sake of the common good and of a country we are all unreservedly blessed to call our homas we work together for the sake of the common good and of a country we are all unreservedly blessed to call our home.

We strive ourselves to do that; but I am reminded that, just like the Martyrs who must have felt alone at times, they are not because across the country there are other Catholics, some lucky enough to be in solid communities, and we are all praying for each other, and that unites us together and gives us strength as it did to all those Martyrs who went to their deaths not angry but full of forgiveness and often a statement of wit.

There are now 147 L'Arche centres in 35 countries, where people with and without disabilities live together as equals.

He added: «I was able to pay homage to this great country, which from the beginning has been based on a pleasing joining together of religious, ethical, and political principles, and continues to be a valid example of healthy secularism where the religious dimension, in its diverse expressions, is not only tolerated but valued as the «soul» of the nation and the fundamental guarantee of the rights and duties of the human being.»

He makes a point of arguing, however, that countries such as India, China, and multiethnic Russia should have major roles in the UN system that he envisions (if they ever get their own acts together).

Since our country seperates church and state there is no need for him or his buddies to band together as they aren't persecuted to start with.

No one believes that Trump will get all of the smart people of the country working together to transcend politics and solve the nations» problems, as Perot claimed he would do.

It is unlikely that Pope Paul VI or any of the bishops in 1968 would have imagined that within a few decades a substantial proportion of Catholic parents in some Western countries would be living together outside of marriage or that the Church in those countries would be defending her rights against those who claim that homosexual partnerships must be treated as being of equal value with marriage.

The answer is that in recommending a priest to the Pope for appointment as bishop, the Congregation for Bishops in Rome is almost entirely dependent on the information relayed to it by the Apostolic Nuncio of the country concerned, who sends a report of about 20 pages, together with a list of three names (theterna) and his own preference.

The bodies that rule our global economy today, the G8 (the world's industrialized countries), the IMF and the World Bank (together known as the «Washington consensus») prescribe for the world a neo-classical recipe of privatization, decentralization, deregulation and other market liberalizations, assuming that our common interests are best served by the invisible hand of the market.

Above all, I want to bring our country together, our United Kingdom together, not least by implementing as fast as we can the devolution that we rightly promised and came together with other parties to agree both for Wales and for Scotland»...

Many of the NY church - planting successes used as models across the country are paradigms of young urban professionals (Yuppies) that worship together.

U.S. government leaders and an «objective» press described the Sandinistas in Nicaragua as «communist,» «Marxist,» «Marxist / Leninist,» «totalitarian,» «Cuban - backed,» or «Soviet - backed» so often that few U.S. citizens knew that Sweden was giving more aid to Nicaragua per capita than to any other country or that while Nicaragua does have both a Communist party and a Marxist - Leninist party these two parties together received less than 3 percent of the vote and are distinct from and hostile to the Sandinista party.

In countries in the South, faced with the alliance between international capital, the comprador bourgeoisie and part of the middle class, the alternative consisted in using joint programmes and actions to bring together the different grass - roots groups such as workers, peasants, the informal sector, movements of the urban poor, co-operatives, minority ethnic groups, and also the vulnerable middle classes, students, etc..

in this country we are individuals that can stand together as one, & as an individual i am declaring myself non-muslim.

As soon as a solid majority of the country is ready to act against the courts, the President and the Congress can get together to appoint enough new Justices to put the courts back in their proper placAs soon as a solid majority of the country is ready to act against the courts, the President and the Congress can get together to appoint enough new Justices to put the courts back in their proper placas a solid majority of the country is ready to act against the courts, the President and the Congress can get together to appoint enough new Justices to put the courts back in their proper place.