Sentence examples similar to a distant democracy from inspiring English sources

In the grip of this doctrine, torture has become "enhanced interrogation"; wars of aggression have become wars for democracy; a distant likely enemy has become an "imminent threat" whose very existence justifies an executive order to kill.

Democracy remains a distant vision in most of the Arab world, but a crucially important one.

Two decades later, their agenda of accelerated democracy remains a distant dream.

Strife in the Mideast has turned Arab democracy into a distant dream, and left America pondering what its role will be.

Hopes for justice and democracy are a distant memory for Zimbabweans.

Democracy is still a distant dream in Pakistan.

Democracy comes in a distant second to growth, if at all.

Rather, Bibi's policies will only sentence Israelis to a future as perpetual occupiers - a future in which Israeli democracy will be a distant memory and it will no longer be possible to debate whether "apartheid" comparisons apply.

Liberal democracy in a pluralist Iraq remains a distant mirage.

The free flow of information across national borders may be a more potent force for advancing democracy than dispatch of American aircraft carriers to a distant sea.

Democracy in the church – where priests and laity equally decide its future – is a distant dream.