Sentences with phrase «will of the majority»

The electoral agency must always be on top of its game to ensure that our elections reflect the true will of the majority of the voters as has happened in the Anambra poll.»

Not only there is not an example of such government that «everything is unanimous», even there is not an example of government that «everything is by will of majority.»

On the one hand, Glass Lewis claims that a small group of shareholders (as few as 20 %) commands an «imperative» while on the other, Glass Lewis declaims that a small group must not overrule the will of the majority.

Not only because politicians will have to answer to voters on the next election day, but because each day the will of the majority is the warrant of their authority.

Harris sees a contradiction in invoking the will of the majority to limit the powers of the majority to violate minority religious rights.

To sum up: Modern young people need to be taught manners: not the code of the emancipated ego, nor the pattern of conformity to the will of the majority, but the action - language of democracy, with due respect for worthy traditions from the past and determined criticism of unworthy ones.

There is an inherent danger emerging from the imposition of the will of a few against the will of the majority - revolution!

You and your church have an agenda far behind the times and the will of the majority, democracy has to suit your biased dogma or you will do anything in your power to fight it.

You and your church have an agenda far behind the times and the will of the majority, democracy has to suit your biased dogma or you will do everything in your power to fight it.

Perhaps he would affirm this, though I don't know how many of «the people» would follow him abandoning all recourse to justice outside the will of the majority.

The former reflects what Roberto Michels called the «iron law of oligarchy» — the ability of a bureaucracy to maintain itself even against the will of a majority of constituents and their elected representatives.

Why, then, are so many diverse religious, political, social, and legal groups turning to Congress, to the political process, to the «will of the majority» for relief from Smith, while claiming to seek protection for the rights of religious minorities?

Former Prime Minister and spy chief Khin Nyunt coyly told reporters he had voted for the party which serves the interests of civilians and reflects the will of the majority.

If the high court decision stands, it will place the interests of one set of the British people against the will of the majority

This can provide some insulation against the will of the majority, because the representative can vote contrary to the popular will.

As such, they should be aloof from the will of the majority.

That means that the will of the majority, the general will, may simply not exist.

Again, so long as Flanagan blocks ethics legislation from coming to the floor he is defying the will of the majority of NY citizens and placing himself in position where he must be considered the most stalwart obstacle to reform and a clear champion of continued corruption!

I think we can all work together to implement the will of the majority.»

Friedman uses this idea to emphasize that market transaction which are unanimous are generally preferable to government mandates, which force the will of the majority onto minorities.

But like all contentious issues, there's a few powerful, rich elitists who have formed a special interest coalition and are using undue influence to promote their agenda to ban the horses contrary to the will of a majority of New Yorkers.

Lastly, the episode raises questions about the protection of minority rights against the will of the majority, a tenet of liberal democracy.

Inasmuch a democracy is the tyranny of the majority, a republic restrains the will of the majority through a set of restrictive laws intended to limit government power.

If they don't unify and deliver real results in the face of Trump's grave threat to Democratic values, then 2018's midterms should not only be an election that sweeps Republicans out of Congress but that also ushers in a host of New Democratic State Senators who will work with one another and for the will of the majority of New York voters.

In enforcing the will of the majority, Nkrumah upset vested interests and suffered several assassination attacks that rather led to the deaths of innocent Ghanaians.

In the Senate, for example, Filibusters are controversial, in that they allow the minority party to stop the will of the majority.

«If he commits the county to a gun show this January, I think he is operating opposite the will of the majority of the voters, and we'll look at the contract to determine if it's a valid contract,» Latimer said.

For example, James Madison, in Federalist No. 10, advocates a constitutional republic over direct democracy precisely to protect the individual from the will of the majority.

They also ensure that the Law is at any time the Will of the majority of the People.

They also ensure that the Law of the State is at any time the Will of the majority of the People of that State.

the use of irregular or obstructive tactics by a member of a legislative assembly to prevent the adoption of a measure generally favored or to force a decision against the will of the majority

At best, this means merely the will of the majority, which often comes at the expense of the will of the minority (or several types of minorities).

That decision overrode the will of a majority of the electorate that had voted in 2012 to allow the state to open 40 charter schools in five years, and threatened to toss some 1,100 students out of their chosen schools.

If it is the will of the majority within this country to follow the renewable path then so be it, but in order to formulate that will there has to be a means of expressing opposition.

When courts are left to police themselves, the strength of a court's standards depends on the will of a majority of the justices.

Both rulings demonstrated the courts» displeasure at the board members» abuse of power and refusal to carry out the will of the majority of unit owners.

In Romeo and Juliet, the unwary members of the rival families were easily moved by the will of the majority.

«We strongly encourage the Government to introduce legislation that supports the will of the majority of adult Australians.