Sentence examples for constitution and principles from inspiring English sources

Benchmarks: Understands how various provisions of the Constitution and principles of the constitutional system help to insure an effective government that will not exceed its limits; Knows ways in which Americans have attempted to make the values and principles of the Constitution a reality Civics Standard 25 – Understands issues regarding personal, political, and economic rights.

It offers recommendations for writing a new constitution and principles for institution building, and cites South Africa's post-apartheid transition as potentially "instructive".

I welcome the Southern African Development Community's ongoing engagement and hope all parties will now work together to implement the Windhoek agreements and ensure all disputes are settled in a peaceful manner, and in line with Lesotho's constitution and principles of the rule of law".

Thank you for your service to our country, for your continuing dedication to the high values of our Constitution and principles of justice.

Article 2 of the draft mirrors the 1971 constitution and says "principles of Shariah are the main source of legislation".

However, the library said it remained "a cornerstone of the British constitution and its principles are echoed in the US constitution and others around the world".

"I'm more worried that we're sending the signal to the world that we've abandoned our Constitution and our principles," Mr. Amash said.

That was echoed by Pierre Rousselin, a French columnist writing in Le Figaro: "America is discovering that its Constitution and liberal principles don't protect her from the debates that the practice of Islam stirs up in our countries".

"It 'would be an atrocious violation of our Constitution and the principles on which it is based' to execute an innocent person," Justice Stevens wrote, quoting Judge Barkett's dissent.

He later warned, "We must never adopt an 'end justifies the means' philosophy by claiming that our Constitution and democratic principles must be temporarily furloughed or put on hold in cases involving alleged terrorism in order to preserve our democracy.

Maybe just this once he should skip his never-ending weekend appearances on the Sunday talk shows and spend some time sitting in the corner thinking about how he has lost touch with reality and what it really means to be loyal to the United States Constitution and the principles for which it stands.