Sentence examples for decisions in the name of from inspiring English sources

Unconsciously or otherwise, Bush might prefer to be recalled as a decisive leader willing to make unpopular decisions in the name of public safety rather than as a novice President who too often ceded control of his first term to Cheney.

Under the current law, the husband makes decisions in the name of the family.

The federal government prevented AIG from taking responsibility for its poor business decisions in the name of the public good.

First, prosecutors know the facts needed to make decisions in the name of justice while juries generally don't.

Under the American Constitution, federal statutes, not executive decisions in the name of national security, are "the supreme law of the land".

As has been said time and again, repeated promises to extend "patient choice" are empty rhetoric: patients have no say in the key decisions; in the name of choice, we are offered only Hobson's.

She asked that the progressive people in Malawi, and around the world, "challenge this decision in the name of human dignity and equal rights for all," by adding their names to her statement.

The idea of not handing down one's wealth — and of making that decision in the name of class values — fits a society in which wealth is increasingly entrepreneurial.

Though it is too soon to attribute responsibility for the attack, the newspaper marked itself out in 2008 by publishing the Danish cartoons caricaturing the Prophet Mohammed – it  defended its decision in the name of freedom of expression.

Many managers shy away from conflict until it escalates while others resolve the conflict at the expense of bruised feelings and "blood on the floor". Other managers capitulate in the face of opposition and are too quick to accept a sub-optimal decision in the name of compromise.

By failing to control and regulate the consumption of transfats, sugars and salt in our diet, let alone consider the way in which we might nurture the planet for a sustainable future for our food, Lansley is not just making a wrong decision in the name of saving public money but also a disastrously expensive one both in the health of our children and cash for healthcare.