Sentence examples for basic tenet of politics from inspiring English sources

Perhaps the missed opportunity in Latin America can be traced back to Obama's misunderstanding of a basic tenet of politics in the Big League.

"One of the basic tenets of politics," said Paul Berendt, Democratic chairman in Washington State, "is that you don't fight the battle in May that you need to fight in October".

A basic tenet of presidential politics is that the process rewards campaigns that assemble a large, nationwide infrastructure, financed by huge fund-raising teams.

He noted, for example, that "[r]equiring transparency is a basic tenet of good government".

Explaining the past to shape the future is a basic tenet of any mature political process.

It is a basic tenet of the idea of constitutional monarchy that the monarch and (by implication) the heir to the throne remain outside of politics.

Loyalty is a basic tenet of fandom.

It is a basic tenet of economics.

The basic tenet of Islam is that of peace".

There's a basic tenet of Hollywood screenwriting.

It sounds simple, obvious, a basic tenet of receiving.